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ἄντυξ

ἄντυξ, the edge

ἄντυξ, ῠγος, ἡ,
  • edge or rim of anything round or curved; and so,
    • I in Hom. (only in Il.):
      • 1 rim of round shield, Il. 6.118, al., E. Rh. 373 (lyr.).
      • 2 rail round front of chariot, ἐξ ἄντυγος ἡνία τείνας 5.262, 322; δοιαὶ δὲ περίδρομοι ἄντυγές εἰσι 5.728; καὶ ἄντυγες αἱ περὶ δίφρον 11.535: in pl. also S. Aj. 1030, Pl. Tht. 207a: in sg., μάρπτει δὲ . . ἡνίας ἀπʼ ἄντυγος E. Hipp. 1188.
    • II post-Hom.:
      • 1 pl., the chariot itself, S. El. 746, E. Ph. 1193: sg., κατʼ ἄντυγα Νυκτὸς ὀπαδοί Theoc. 2.166, cf. Jul. Or. 3.122b.
      • 2 bridge of the lyre, E. Hipp. 1135 (lyr.).
      • 3 orbit of a planet, h.Hom. 8.8, Procl. H. 2.17; vault of heaven, ἄ. οὐρανίη AP 9.806, cf. 11.292 (Pall.); ἄ. αἰθερίη IGRom. 4.607; orb, circle of the world, Nonn. D. 38.108; ἄ. ἡμίτομος . . σελάνας the disk of the half-moon, Mosch. 2.88.
      • 4 in Nonn., of the curve of the body, ἄ. μαζοῦ, μηρῶν, D. 1.348, 15.228, so perh. in Herod. 8.29.
      • 5 outermost tier, in a theatre, ἡ ἐσχάτη ἄ. τοῦ θεάτρου Eun. VS p.489 B.—Poet. word, used by Pl. l.c., Luc. D Deor. 24[25].2, in signf. I.2, cf. also II.5.

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