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στρόφιγξ

στρόφιγξ, the pivot, axle

στρόφ-ιγξ, ιγγος, ὁ (ἡ, EM 446.31): (στρέφω):—
  • pivot, axle or pin on which a body turns, E. Ph. 1126.
      • 2 pl., pivots working in sockets, at top and bottom of a door, Thphr. HP 5.5.4, al., PCair.Zen. 782 (a). 7 (iii B.C.), Plu. Rom. 23, Gal. UP 1.15.
      • 3 metaph., γλώττης σ., of a well-hung tongue, Ar. Ra. 892; of the vertebrae, Pherecr. 236, Pl. Ti. 74a, 74b.
      • 4 νύμφη ἡ ἐν τῷ σ., dub. sens. in AJA 30.249 (Cyprus).

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