τροχιλεία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, [[block-and-tackle equipment]], [[pulley]] or [[system of pulleys]], [[roller of a windlass]], and the like, IG12.313.112, 314.123, 374.142, 22.1666.91, 1672.205, al., 11(2).161 A98 (Delos, iii B. C.); the later spelling τροχιλία is found in codd. of Hp.Art.43, Ar.Lys.722 (where [[τροχιλεία]]ς is metrically prob.), Plb.1.22.5, 8.4.5, Plu.2.18c, Eum.11, Gal.UP7.14; the word is variously corrupted in Archipp. 33; the form [[τροχιλέα]] occurs in Arist.Mech.851b19, Ath.Mech.14.8, Suid. (citing Socr. ap. D.L.2.36, where [[τροχιλία]]); [[τροχειλέα]] prob. in PLond.3.1177.216 (ii A. D.); [[τροχαλία]], Arist.Mech.853a36, b2; [[τροχηλιά]] (oxyt.), Thphr.HP4.3.5, Gal.UP7.14 (as v.l.); [[τροχελλέα]], POxy.502.35 (ii A. D.); [[τροχιλλέα]], BGU1116.24 (i B. C.), Gloss.; [[τροχαρέα]], PLond.1821.194: metaph., μετά τινος τροχιλίας = with a certain [[ease]] or [[glibness]], Ath.13.587f ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]).