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στρόφος, a twisted band

στρόφ-ος, ὁ, (στρέφω)
  • twisted band or cord, ἐν δὲ σ. ἦεν ἀορτήρ on it (the wallet) was a cord to hang it by, Od. 13.438: generally, cord, rope, Hdt. 4.60, IG 2(2).1631.336.
      • 2 womenʼs girdle, A. Th. 872 (anap.); prob. for στρόβους, Id. Supp. 457.
      • 3 swaddling-band, h.Ap. 122, 128.
    • II twisting of the bowels, colic, σ. μʼ ἔχει τὴν γαστέρα Ar. Th. 484, cf. Hp. VM 10, Aph. 4.11, Damox. 2.25, Sor. 2.85, Gal. 6.263; κοιλίης Hp. Acut. 37.

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