κοχλίας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ου, ὁ, (< [[κόχλος]]) [[snail with a spiral shell]], ''Batr.'' 165, Achae. 42, Phily ''Il.'' 21, etc.; ἀπιστότερος εἶ τῶν κοχλιῶν, for they [[shrink]] into their [[shell]]s on the least [[alarm]], Anaxil. 34, cf. Arist. ''HA'' 523b11, 527b35; [[ὥσπερ]] κ. [[σεμνῶς]] ἐπηρκὼς τὰς [[ὀφρῦς]] Amphis 13.3; [[βολβός]], [[κτείς]] (codd. τις), [[κοχλίας]] Theoc. 14.17; [[κοχλιῶν]] [[ἀγγεῖα]] PSI 6.553.11 (iii BC).<br><b class="num">II</b> [[anything twisted spirally]],<br><b class="num">1</b> [[automaton in form of snail]], Democh. 4 J.<br><b class="num">2</b> [[reel]], [[spool]], [[roller]], Bito 47.4, ''Gp.'' 8.29.<br><b class="num">3</b> [[screw]], Bito 58.10; esp. for raising [[water]], [[screw of Archimedes]], Moschio ap. Ath. 5.208f, Str. 17.1.30, 52, DS. 1.34, 5.37, PLond. 3.1177.73 (ii AD).<br><b class="num">4</b> [[spiral stair]], διὰ κοχλίου τὴν ἀνάβασιν ἔχει Str. 17.1.10, Procop. ''Pers.'' 1.24.<br><b class="num">5</b> part of [[surgical]] [[machine]], Orib. 49.20.6.<br><b class="num">6</b> the [[pinna]] of the [[external]] [[ear]] (opp. [[σκάφος]]), Poll.2.85.