στροφάλιγξ

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ιγγος, ἡ, (στρέφω, στροφαλίζω)

   A whirl, eddy, ἐν στροφάλιγγι κονίης Il.16.775, Od.24.39; μετὰ σ. κ. Il.21.503; ἀελλάων Opp.H.1.446; καπνοῖο A.R.4.140; of water in a bucket, Id.3.759; of an earthquake, Q.S.3.64: metaph., σ. μάχης AP7.226 (= Anacr. 100); ἄοκνος σ., of existence, Dam.Pr.148.    II curve, bend, D.P. 162,584, Q.S.8.236; orbit of a heavenly body, Arat.43, Orph.Fr. 236; of the bowels, Androm. ap. Gal.14.34.    III anything of a round shape, e.g. a cheese, Nic.Th.697.    IV = στρόφιγξ, pivot, hinge, Epigr. in An.Par.4.385.