- στρόφιγξ
- στρόφ-ιγξ, ιγγος, ὁ (ἡ, EM446.31): ([etym.] στρέφω):—A pivot, axle or pin on which a body turns, E.Ph.1126.2 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). 2014.