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1 βαλβίς
A rope drawn across the race-course at the starting and finishing-point: mostly in pl., posts to which this rope was attached, Ar.Eq. 1159: so in sg., turning-post,νῆσος β. ξεστῇ εἴκασται Philostr.VA5.5
: also, platform from which the quoit was thrown, Id.Im.1.24: hence, any starting-point, Antipho Soph.69;βαλβίδων ἄπο E.HF 867
, cf. Ar.V. 548: metaph., ;ἐκ β. εἰς τέρμα Them.Or.13.177d
;β. λόγου βέβληται Philostr.VS2.20.3
;βιβλίου AP4.3b
.75 (Agath.); but, edge, ib.39.II since the starting-point was also the goal, βαλβῖδες was used for any point to be gained, as the battlements (by one scaling a wall), S.Ant. 131 (lyr.), cf. Lyc.287, Opp.C.1.513.III = κοιλότης παραμήκης, Gal.19.87; v. foreg.
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