linch pins

From LSJ

λεπταῖς ἐπὶ ῥοπῆσιν ἐμπολὰς μακρὰς ἀεὶ παραρρίπτοντες → staking distant ventures on nice balancings

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

V. ἐνήλατα, τά (Euripides, Hippolytus 1235).