αἵματος κρατῆρα πολιτικοῦ στῆσαι → serve up a big bowl of citizen blood
P. and V. σφόνδυλος, ὁ.
spine: P. and V. ῥάχις, ἡ (Plato), σφόνδυλοι, οἱ (Plato), V. ἄκανθα, ἡ, νωτιαῖα ἄρθρα, τά.
of the backbone: P. and V. νωτιαῖος.
a farmer, one of those that are the backbone of the land: V. αὐτουργὸς, οἵπερ καὶ μόνοι σώζουσι γῆν (Eur., Orestes 920).
