φαλάγγιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ([[φάλαγξ]] v) a kind of <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[venomous spider]], esp. <span class="title">Lathrodectus</span> or [[malmignatte]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>290a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.3.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>8.10.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Diocl.Fr.145</span>; distinguished from [[ἀράχνιον]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>622b28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">555b12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[spider-wort]], [[Lloydia graeca]], a herb, said to cure this spider's bite, Dsc.3.108. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[log]] or [[roller put under a ship]], Hsch., <span class="bibl">Eust.140.9</span>, <span class="bibl">469.20</span>: written φᾰλαγγ-εῖον, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>786.45</span>.</span>