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1 στρόφιγξ
2 pl., pivots working in sockets, at top and bottom of a door, Thphr.HP5.5.4, al., PCair.Zen. 782 (a).7(iii B.C.), Plu.Rom.23, Gal.UP1.15.3 metaph., γλώττης ς., of a well-hung tongue, Ar.Ra. 892; of the vertebrae, Pherecr. 236, Pl.Ti. 74a, 74b.4 νύμφη ἡ ἐν τῷ ς., dub. sens. in AJA30.249 ([place name] Cyprus).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > στρόφιγξ
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2 axis
axis, is, m. [kindred with Gr. axôn; Sanscr. akshas = axle, wheel; old Germ. Ahsa; mod. Germ. Achse; Engl. axle, Bopp, Gloss. p. 2, a; cf. Aufrecht, Zeitschr. für vergl. Sprachf. 8, p. 71].I.Lit., an axletree, about which a round body, e.g. a wheel, turns:II.faginus axis,
Verg. G. 3, 172:axes aerii,
Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 30;7, 33: axis versatilis,
ib. Eccli. 33, 5 al. — Meton. (pars pro toto), a chariot, car, wagon, Ov. M. 2, 59; id. H. 4, 160; Sen. Herc. Oet. 1442; Sil. 16, 360 al.— Plur., Ov. M. 2, 148; 4, 634.—Transf.A.The axle of a water-clock, Vitr. 9, 6.—B.The axis of the earth: mundum versari circum axem caeli, Cic. N. D. 1, 20, 52; so id. Ac. 2, 39, 123; id. Tim. 10; Lucr. 6, 1107.—Hence, meton.a. b.Esp., the north pole, Lucr. 6, 720; Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68; Verg. G. 2, 271; 3, 351; Ov. P. 4, 7, 2; Manil. 4, 589.—c.The whole heavens:d.maximus Atlas Axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum,
Verg. A. 4, 482; 6, 536; Ov. M. 1, 255; 2, 75; 2, 297; 6, 175; id. Tr. 1, 2, 46; Stat. Th. 5, 86; id. S. 3, 3, 76 al.—Hence, sub axe, under the open heaven, Verg. A. 2, 512; 8, 28.—A region of the heavens, a clime:C.boreus,
the north, Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 41:hesperius,
the west, id. M. 4, 214; Luc. 3, 359.—A pin or hook on which a hinge turns, Stat. Th. 1, 346.—D.The valve of a pipe, Vitr. 10, 12.—E.Axes volutarum, in archit., the axes of a volute, Vitr. 3, 3.—F.A board, plank, Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Vitr. 4, 2; 7, 1; Col. 6, 30, 2; Plin. 36, 25, 62, § 187; Luc. 3, 455; Gell. 2, 12 al.—G.An unknown wild animal in India, Plin. 8, 21, 31, § 76. -
3 κνώδαξ
A pin or pivot on which a body or machine turns,καθάπερ ἐπὶ κνώδακος τῆς τοῦ δευτέρου σπονδύλου ἀποφύσεως ἡ κεφαλὴ ἐπιστρέφεται Gal.14.720
, cf. 723; axis of a sphere, Orph.Fr.247.26: more freq. in pl., Hero Spir.1.43, S.E.M.10.93, Orib.49.22.21.II pl., sockets in which the axes of a drum turn, Ph.Bel.75.45.III = χρυσοχοϊκὸν ὄργανον, and in pl., = οἱ ἐν τοῖς φυσητῆρσιν ἀσκοί, Hsch.
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