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|Definition=[ῐ], ὁ, (τρέχω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[Egyptian plover]], [[Charadrius melanocephalus]] (or perhaps <b class="b2">spur-winged plover, Hoplopterus spinosus</b>), said to pick leeches from the crocodile's throat by <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.68</span>; or to pick the crocodile's teeth by <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>612a21</span>; cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>79</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>876</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span> 1004</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Clearch.73</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>3.11</span>, <span class="bibl">8.25</span>, <span class="bibl">12.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[wren]], [[Troglodytes europaeus]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>615a17</span>, Plu.2.405d; cf. τύραννος 1.4. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Archit., [[hollow between the mouldings on the base of a column]], also called [[scotia]], Vitr.3.5.2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[sheave]] in block-and-tackle equipment, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>397a</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]]), <span class="title">IG</span>22.1672.156,241, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>85.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Spir.</span>1.26</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Eust.1534.8</span>.</span>