- τύλος
- τύλος, ὁ,A = τύλη 1, callus, X.Mem.1.2.54, Nic.Th.178, Dsc.3.80; inside the hands,
τὼ χεῖρε τύλων ἀνάπλεως Luc.Somn.6
; on the knees, Sch.Ar.Ach.553, etc.; cf.τυλόω 11
.II anything rising like a lump, knob or knot; esp.1 wooden bolt with a knob at the end, trenail, Ar.Ach.553, Plb.Fr.82, Arr.An.2.3.7.2 knob on a club,ῥόπαλον τύλους ἔχον περισιδήρους D.S.3.33
, cf. Str.16.4.17.3 membrum virile, Poll.2.176, Hsch.4 knob or nose on which the thread of a screw works, Hero Spir.1.5; peg on which a string is looped, Eutoc. ad Archim. iii p.60 H.; knob on an axle to which a cord is attached, Heliod. ap. Orib.49.3.3, 49.4.25,51, 49.8.4, Sor.1.68. [[pron. full] ῠ Nic.l.c.; cf. τύλη.]
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