ἀλλ' ἦν ἅπαντα τεταγμένα νόμων ἐπιταγαῖς → but all their acts were regulated by prescriptions set forth in laws
P. κοχλίας, ὁ (Aristotle).
snail shell: V. στράβηλος, ὁ or ἡ (Sophocles, Fragment).