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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fold]], [[doubling]], Gal.2.710: but usu., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[porous substance between the double plates in the bones in the skull]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl">17</span>, Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.46.9.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>135</span>: generally, [[spongy core]] of bone, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg.6.77</span>; also, [[tissue between layers]] of intestine, <span class="bibl">Aret. <span class="title">SD</span>2.9</span>: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[weak spot]], [[flaw]] in metal, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>267e</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph. <span class="title">Bel.</span>71.28</span>, Plu.2.802b: metaph., <b class="b3">αἱ δ. τῆς ψυχῆς</b> ib. 715f, cf. 441d; 'patchiness', <span class="bibl">Plot.5.2.1</span>; also, [[concealed sense]], in oracles, Plu.2.407c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[hollow sting]] of the scorpion, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>9.4</span>.</span>