φαλάγγιον

English (LSJ)

τό, (φάλαγξ v) a kind of

   A venomous spider, esp. Lathrodectus or malmignatte, Pl.Euthd.290a, X.Mem.1.3.12, Thphr.HP8.10.1, Diocl.Fr.145; distd. from ἀράχνιον, Arist.HA622b28, cf. 555b12.    II spider-wort, Lloydia graeca, a herb, said to cure this spider's bite, Dsc.3.108.    III log or roller put under a ship, Hsch., Eust.140.9, 469.20: written φᾰλαγγ-εῖον, EM786.45.