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κόλλοψ

κόλλοψ, the peg

κόλλοψ, οπος, ὁ,
  • peg or screw by which the strings of the lyre were tightened, Od. 21.407, cf. Pl. R. 531b, Luc. DMar. 1.4: metaph., τῆς ὀργῆς . . τὸν κόλλοπʼ ἀνεῖμεν Ar. V. 574.
      • 2 bar by which a windlass was turned, Arist. Mech. 852b12.
    • II thick skin on the upper part of the neck of oxen, Ar. Fr. 646; and of swine, ib. 506.3.
      • 2 metaph., = ἀνδρόγυνος, cinaedus, Eub. 11, Diph. 43.22, AP 12.42 (Diosc.), cf. Hsch.

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