κύφων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ωνος, ὁ, (κυφός) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">crooked piece of wood, bent yoke of the plough</b>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1201</span>: <b class="b3">κύφωνες, οἱ</b>, [[two bars]] in the frame of a chariot, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.143</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[pillory]], ἐν τῷ κ. αὐχένα ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Cratin.115</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Pl.</span>476</span>, <span class="bibl">606</span>; δεθῆναι ἐν τῷ κ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1306b2</span>; μαστιγούσθω ἐν τῷ κ. <span class="title">OGI</span>483.177 (Pergam.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">one who has had his neck in the pillory, knave</b>, <span class="bibl">Archil.178</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Pseudol.</span>17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> part of a woman's dress, <span class="bibl">Posidipp.44</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> Archit., [[curved beam]], IG42(1).102.224, al. (Epid., iv B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> part of a water-wheel, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1177.213</span> (ii A.D.).</span>