θερμαστρίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or θέρμαστρις (Hsch.), ἡ, IG22.1414.42; acc. θερμαστριν <br><span class="bld">A</span> Roussel, Cultes Égyptiens 220 (Delos, ii B.C.); gen. θερμαστρίδος Arist.Mech.854a24: acc. pl. θερμάστρεις LXX 3 Ki.7.26(40),31(45): for forms with -αυστρ- v. infr.:—[[tong]]s used by [[smith]]s to take hold of [[hot]] [[metal]], Hsch.: generally, [[pincers]], [[pliers]], Arist.l.c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., a [[violent]] [[dance]], in which the legs were crossed [[tong]]-[[fashion]], Poll.4.102, Ath.14.630a, Hsch. ([[θερμαυστρίς]] codd. Poll., θαυυαστρεις cod. A Ath., [[θέρμαστρις]] Hsch.); cf. [[θερμαυστρίζω]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[spike]], [[clamp]], Ath.Mech.34.4.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[θερμαντήρ]], τὰς θερμάστρεις [[LXX]] Il.cc.; [[θερμαυστρίς]] and θερμαστρίς Poll.10.66; acc. [[θέρμαυστριν]] (prob. in this signf.) Eup.228: in IG and Roussel Il. cc. the signf. may be 1.1 or ''III''. (In signf. ''1'' prob. fr. [[θερμός]], [[αὔω]] (A), cf. [[ἐξαύω]]: but the origin of signf. ''III'' and the form -αστρ- is not clear.)