τροχιλεία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A block-and-tackle equipment, pulley or system of pulleys, roller of a windlass, and the like, IG12.313.112, 314.123, 374.142, 22.1666.91, 1672.205, al., 11(2).161 A98 (Delos, iii B. C.); the later spelling τροχιλία is found in codd. of Hp.Art.43, Ar.Lys.722 (where τροχιλείας is metrically prob.), Plb.1.22.5, 8.4.5, Plu.2.18c, Eum.11, Gal.UP7.14; the word is variously corrupted in Archipp. 33; the form τροχιλέα occurs in Arist.Mech.851b19, Ath.Mech.14.8, Suid. (citing Socr. ap. D.L.2.36, where τροχιλία); τροχειλέα prob. in PLond.3.1177.216 (ii A. D.); τροχαλία, Arist.Mech.853a36, b2; τροχηλιά (oxyt.), Thphr.HP4.3.5, Gal.UP7.14 (as v.l.); τροχελλέα, POxy.502.35 (ii A. D.); τροχιλλέα, BGU1116.24 (i B. C.), Gloss.; τροχαρέα, PLond.1821.194: metaph., μετά τινος τροχιλίας with a certain

   A ease or glibness, Ath.13.587f (s. v.l.).