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|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bolt]], for ship-building, <span class="bibl">Od.5.248</span>; for other uses, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Op.</span>431</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>542</span>; [[dowel]], <span class="title">SIG</span>246ii40 (Delph., iv B. C.); γόμφοις καὶ περόνῃσιν ἀρηρότε <span class="bibl">Parm.1.20</span>; γόμφῳ ἢ κόλλῃ ἢ ἁφῇ <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>227a17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1052a24</span>: generally, [[bond]], [[fastening]], as of the [[cross-ribs]] of Egyptian canoes, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.96</span>; of the ankle-joint, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>654b21</span>; of the in visible [[bonds]] uniting the partieles of the body, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>43a</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">γ. κατάστοργοι</b>, of love, <span class="bibl">Emp.87</span>; <b class="b3">τῶνδ' ἐφήλωται… γόμφος διαμπάξ</b> these things are [[determined]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>945</span>:—acc. to <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>238.4</span>, [[γ]]. were prop. of wood; but cf. γ. χαλκοί <span class="title">IG</span>9 (1).691 (Corc.), γ. σιδηροῖ <span class="bibl">Plb.13.7.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[instrument for cautery]], <span class="bibl">Hippiatr.97</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> = [[γόμφιος]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sea-fish]], = [[γομφάριον]], <span class="title">Gloss.</span> (Cf.Skt. [[jámbhas]] 'tooth', Lith. <b class="b2">ža[mtilde]bas</b> 'edge of a beam', etc.)</span>