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κιλλίβας

κιλλίβας, a three-legged stand

κιλλίβας [λῐ], αντος, ὁ, mostly in pl. κιλλίβαντες,
  • three-legged stand (Sch. Ar. Ach. 1121, Hsch.), κιλλίβαντες ἀσπίδος a shield-stand, Ar. l.c.; painterʼs easel, Poll. 7.129; part of a chariot-frame, Id. 1.143; bearers of a platform, Moschio ap. Ath. 5.208c, cf. BGU 1127.11 (i B.C.): sg., stand or pedestal of σαμβύκη II, Bito 58.6 (pl., 62.3); cf. κελλίβας. (κίλλος, βαίνω; cf. easel = Germ. Esel, ‘clothes-horse’, etc.)

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