μοκλός

μοκλός,

A v. μοχλός.

μοχλός ([dialect] Ion. [full] μοκλός Anacr.88), ὁ,

A bar, lever, crowbar, used for moving ships,

μοχλοῖσιν δ' ἄρα τήν γε κατείρυσεν Od.5.261

; or heavy weights,

μοχλοῖς καὶ μηχαναῖσιν ἀνελκύσαι Ar. Pax 307

; for forcing doors and gates, E.Or. 1474 (lyr.), cf. Ba. 348, 1104, etc.;

ὑποβαλόντες τοὺς μ. ὑπὸ τὰς πύλας Ar.Lys. 428

, cf. Arist.Mech. 847b11, al.

II any bar or stake, as in Od.9.332 the stake which Odysseus runs into the Cyclops' eye, cf. E.Cyc. 633.

III wooden or iron bar or bolt placed across gates on the inside and secured by the

βάλανος, τοῦ μοχλοῦ διακοπέντος Th.4.111

, cf. 2.4, IG12.313.126;

μοχλοὺς ἐπιβάλλειν Ar.Th. 415

;

τὸν μ. ἐμβάλλειν X.An.7.1.12

, cf. Ar.Lys. 246; μοχλοῖς καὶ κλῄθροισι τὰ προπύλαια πακτοῦν ib. 264; τὴν πόλιν.. ἀπεκλῄσατε τοῖσι μ. ib. 487; πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε by [drawing back] the bars, A.Ch. 879;

κλῇθρα λύσαντες μοχλοῖς E.IT99

(more naturally κλῄθρων μοχλοὺς λύσαντες, as in Ar.Lys. 310 κἂν μὴ.. τοὺς μοχλοὺς χαλῶσιν): metaph., μέγας σοι τοῦδ' ἐγὼ φόβου μ. a bar or defence against fear. S.Fr. 760.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `lever, bar, long, strong bar', often used to shut off doors, `crossmeam, -bar' (Od.).

Other forms: μοκλός Anakr. 88

Derivatives: Diminut. μοχλ-ίον ( Com. Adesp., Luc.), - ίσκος (Hp., Ar.), μοχλ-ικός `regarding the lever' (Hp., Ph. Bel.) and the verbs 1. μοχλεύω, also with ἀνα-, ἐκ-, `(re)move with a lever' (ion. poet., also late prose) with μοχλ-εία `removing with a lever, restore with a lever' (Arist., medic.), - ευσις `id.' (Hp.), - ευτής (Ar.), - ευτικός `belonging to using the lever' (medic.); 2. μοχλέω `id.' (M 259); 3. μοχλόω `shut with a bar' (Ar.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: One supposed *μογ-σλο-ς with the same instrumental suffix as e.g. in Lat. pālus `pole' \< *paḱ-slos (cf. on πάσσαλος and μύχλος). Acc. to Chantraine Form. 240 rather with λο-suffix and expressive aspiration. The basis is in any case the same word (verb?) as in μόχθος and μογέω (s. vv.). -- Schulze KZ 28, 270 n. 1 = Kl. Schr. 437 n. 1 (p. 438) identified μοχλός with a from Lat. mōlior reconsructed * mōlos `lever'; diff. on mōlior W.-Hofmann s.v. To be rejected Pisani Ist. Lomb. 73, 528: to Skt. myakṣ- `sit fast' as also in μόχθος. - The variation and the connection with μόχθος and μογέω shows that the word is Pre-Greek.

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