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σφιγκτήρ

σφιγκτήρ, a band, lace

σφιγκ-τήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
  • that which binds tight, lace, band, etc., κόμας σφιγκτῆρα . . κεκρύφαλον AP 6.206 (Antip. Sid.); σ. δεσμός Nonn. D. 16.391.
    • II muscle closing an aperture which naturally remains in the state of contraction, AP 12.7 (Strat.), Heliod. ap. Orib. 44.23.55, Sor. 1.16, Gal. UP 4.19, Paul.Aeg. 6.78.
    • III a Tarentine χιτών, prob. because laced tight to the body, Hsch.

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