σφόνδυλος
σφόνδῠλ-ος,
ὁ (
ἡ, v. infr.
1b ), Ion. and later Greek
σπόνδῠλος (as in
Hp. (v. infr.),
Str. 2.5.6 , also in
Pherecr. 23 (codd.
Clem.Al.), and some passages of
Arist., as
PA 654b16 ):—
A). vertebra,
Ar. V. 1489 (anap.),
Pl. Ti. 74a ;
σύγκειται ἡ ῥάχις ἐκ σφονδύλων Arist. HA 516a11 , cf.
PA 651b34 ; esp.
one of the cervical vertebrae,
Hp. Aph. 3.26 , cf.
Arist. PA 686a21 ,
692a3 : pl.,
backbone, spine,
E. Ph. 1413 (so in sg.,
Pherecr. 23 ); or
neck,
E. El. 841 (so in sg.,
LXX Le. 5.8 ).
c). prickly ridge on the head of the
κεστρεύς,
Dorio ap.
Ath. 7.306f .
II). from resemblance to vertebrae,
1). one of the tambours in a column,
Callix. 1 (
σπ-),
Milet. 7.59 , al. (Didyma),
IG 22.1668.43 ,
1672.310 ; not necessarily round, ib.
11 (
2 ).
161 A 70 (Delos, iii B.C.);
ς. μεγάλοι perh.
drums of columns used as missiles,
Ath.Mech. 37.7 .
b). the shape of that part of the terrestrial sphere which lies between the Equator and the Arctic Circle,
Str. 2.5.6 .
3). head of a kind of artichoke (κινάρα), Gal. 6.637 , Gp. 18.19.2 , Edict.Diocl. 6.2 .
4). roller for closing or opening a trap-door, σπονδύλου προϋποτιθεμένου Aen. Tact. 36.2 .
ShortDef
a vertebra
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Headword (normalized):
σφόνδυλος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σφονδυλος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σφόνδῠλ-ος</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ὁ </span>(<span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:1b/canonical-url/"> 1b </a>), Ion. and later Greek <span class="orth greek">σπόνδῠλος</span> (as in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> </span> (v. infr.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 2.5.6 </a>, also in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 23 </a> (codd.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Clem.Al.</span></span>), and some passages of <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span></span>, as<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:654b:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:654b.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 654b16 </a>):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">vertebra</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1489" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1489/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 1489 </a>(anap.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:74a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:74a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 74a </a>; <span class="quote greek">σύγκειται ἡ ῥάχις ἐκ σφονδύλων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:516a:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:516a.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 516a11 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:651b:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:651b.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 651b34 </a>; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">one of the cervical vertebrae</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:3:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:3.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 3.26 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:686a:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:686a.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 686a21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:692a:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:692a.3/canonical-url/"> 692a3 </a>: pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">backbone, spine</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1413" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:1413/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1413 </a> (so in sg., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 23 </a>); or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">neck</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:841" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:841/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 841 </a> (so in sg., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg003:5:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg003:5.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Le.</span> 5.8 </a>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">joint</span>, esp. in the scorpion\'s tail, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:798" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:798/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 798 </a> (where it is fem.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:781" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:781/canonical-url/"> 781 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:3:4:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:3:4:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hipparch.</span> 3.4.2 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prickly ridge</span> on the head of the <span class="foreign greek">κεστρεύς</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dorio</span> </span> ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:306f" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.306f/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 7.306f </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mussel</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oyster</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.51 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 6.734 </span>; <span class="quote greek">ς. θαλάσσιοι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Edict.Diocl.</span> 5.10 </span> ; Lat.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spondylus</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:32:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:32.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plin.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HN</span> 32.60 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:32:154" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:latinLit:phi0978.phi001:32.154/canonical-url/"> 154 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> from resemblance to vertebrae, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">one of the tambours</span> in a column, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1240.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Callix.</span> 1 </a> (<span class="etym greek">σπ-</span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Milet.</span> 7.59 </span>, al. (Didyma), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.1668.43 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 1672.310 </span>; not necessarily round, ib.<span class="bibl"> 11 </span> (<span class="bibl"> 2 </span>). <span class="bibl"> 161 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A</span> 70 </span> (Delos, iii B.C.); <span class="foreign greek">ς. μεγάλοι</span> perh. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drums of columns</span> used as missiles, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1204.tlg001:37:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1204.tlg001:37.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.Mech.</span> 37.7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">circular whorl</span> which balances and twirls a spindle, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:616c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:616c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 616c </a> sq., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:16:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:16:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 3.16.4 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> 2.745f </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:110" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.110/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.110 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 7.31 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Edict.Diocl.</span> 13.5 </span>; <span class="quote greek">σπόνδυλος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:10:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:10.125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 10.125 </a> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">σφ-</span> ), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg032:356c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2001.tlg032:356c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Them.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 32.356c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the shape of that part of the terrestrial sphere which lies between the Equator and the Arctic Circle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:5:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 2.5.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">voting pebble</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:8:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:8.17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 8.17 </a> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">σπ-</span> ), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1669:62" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1669.62/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 1669.62 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">head of</span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">artichoke</span> (<span class="etym greek">κινάρα</span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 6.637 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 18.19.2 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Edict.Diocl.</span> 6.2 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roller for closing</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">opening a trap-door</span>, <span class="foreign greek">σπονδύλου προϋποτιθεμένου</span> Aen. Tact.<span class="bibl"> 36.2 </span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}