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ἐνήλατον

ἐνήλατον, (something driven in:) rung, linchpin

ἐνήλᾰτον, τό, (ἐνελαύνω)
  • anything driven in: as Subst. mostly pl., ἐνήλατα (sc. ξύλα), τά,
    • I the four rails, which make the frame of a bedstead, ἐ. ξύλα S. Fr. 315, cf. Ph. 1.666 (Att. κραστήρια, acc. to Phryn. 155): later in sg., ἐνήλατον, τό, bedstead, Sor. 2.61; τὸ τῆς κλίνης ἐ. PSI 6.616.17 (iii A.D.).
    • II rungs of a ladder, which are fixed in the poles or sides, κλίμακος ξέστʼ ἐνηλάτων βάθρα E. Ph. 1179; ἄκρα κλιμάκων ἐνήλατα Id. Supp. 729.
    • III ἀξόνων ἐνήλατα the pins driven into the axle, linchpins, Id. Hipp. 1235.
    • IV ἐνήλατον· μέρος νεώς, Hsch.

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