gomphus
gomphus, i, m., = γόμφος,
- a nail, peg, Tert. Mag. 12; Stat. S. 4, 3, 48.
gomphus, ī, m. (γόμφος), der Nagel, Pflock, Tert. apol. 12. Stat. silv. 4, 3, 48. – u. gomphi = invisibiles coniunctiones, v. d. Atomen, Chalcid. Tim. 203.
gomphus, ī, m. (γόμφος), cheville, clou, jointure : Tert. Apol. 12 ; Stat. S. 4, 3, 48.
Gomphus
(γόμφος). Properly a Greek word, which signifies a large wedge-shaped pin (Schol. Aristoph. Ep. 463; Tertull. Apol. 12) driven between two objects, to increase the firmuess or tightness of contiguous members, whence the same term was adopted by the Romans to designate the large, round-headed, and wedge-shaped stones which they used to place at intervals between the ordinary curb-stones bounding the foot-path or trottoir.