στροφάλιγξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰ], ιγγος, ἡ,</b> (στρέφω, στροφαλίζω) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[whirl]], [[eddy]], ἐν στροφάλιγγι κονίης <span class="bibl">Il.16.775</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.24.39</span>; <b class="b3">μετὰ σ. κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Il.21.503</span>; ἀελλάων <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>1.446</span>; καπνοῖο <span class="bibl">A.R.4.140</span>; of water in a bucket, <span class="bibl">Id.3.759</span>; of an earthquake, <span class="bibl">Q.S.3.64</span>: metaph., σ. μάχης <span class="title">AP</span>7.226 (= <span class="bibl">Anacr. 100</span>); <b class="b3">ἄοκνος σ</b>., of existence, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>148</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[curve]], [[bend]], <span class="bibl">D.P. 162</span>,<span class="bibl">584</span>, <span class="bibl">Q.S.8.236</span>; [[orbit]] of a heavenly body, <span class="bibl">Arat.43</span>, Orph.<span class="title">Fr.</span> <span class="bibl">236</span>; of the bowels, Androm. ap. Gal.14.34. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[anything of a round shape]], e.g. [[a cheese]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>697</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> = [[στρόφιγξ]], [[pivot]], [[hinge]], Epigr. in <span class="title">An.Par.</span>4.385.</span>