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περόνη

περόνη, anything pointed for piercing

περόν-η, ἡ, (πείρω)
  • pin or tongue of a buckle or brooch, buckle or brooch itself, Il. 5.425, Od. 19.226, 256, E. Ph. 805 (lyr.); ἐν δʼ ἄρʼ ἔσαν [πέπλῳ] περόναι δυοκαίδεκα πᾶσαι χρύσειαι Od. 18.293, cf. IG 1(2).369.11, 2(2).1388.20; used for wounding, Hdt. 5.87, S. OT 1269.
      • 2 pin for twisting ropes round, on board ship, A.R. 1.567.
      • 3 pivot of door-post, περόνῃσιν ἀρηρότε Parm. 1.20; of a machine, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.24.1, al.
      • 4 linchpin, Parth. 6.4.
      • 5 rivet, bolt, π. χαλκαῖ Inscr.Délos 504.12 (iii B. C.); π. κεφαλωτή Ph. Bel. 76.3.
        • b rivet in the Roman pilum, Plu. Mar. 25.
    • II small bone of the arm, radius, Hp. Loc.Hom. 6 (dub.), Oss. 3: more freq. of the leg, fibula, Gal. UP 3.9, al., v.l. in Hp. Art. 62.
      • 2 ligament below the knee of a horse, X. Eq. 1.5.
      • 3 = ἐπίφυσις 2, Hp. Loc.Hom. 6.
      • 4 pl., splint-bones, Poll. 2.191.
    • III a kind of fish, Marc.Sid. 15 (pl.).

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