A). ὕσπλᾱκος IG 42(1).98.2 (Epid., iii B. C.): dat. pl. ὕσπληξιν Plu. 2.588f , Ep. ὑσπλήγεσσι AP 6.259 ( Phil.): Dor. ὑσπλᾱγίς (q.v.):— snare or gin of a bird-catcher, Theoc. l.c.; wolf-trap, Hsch.; also the part of a springe or noose trap which slips down when touched, Dionys. Av. l.c., cf. 3.13 ; = ῥόπτρον , Hsch.; = πάσσαλος, κρίκος κεράτινος , Id., Sch. Pl. Phdr. 254e .

2). a twisted strand, the untwisting of which releases motive power in an automaton (cf. στρέβλη 1.2 ), Hero Aut. 2.8 (also, a piece of wood made to rise or fall by this or similar means, ib. 6 , cf. 24.4 ); ψυχὴ ἀνθρώπου μυρίαις ὁρμαῖς οἷον ὕσπληξιν ἐντεταμένη Plu. 2.588f ;[ τὸ θερμὸν] ἀθροῖσαν ἑαυτὸ καὶ οἷον συνεσπειραμένον γεγονός,. . σφοδρᾷ τῇ φορᾷ χρώμενον καὶ οἷον ἀπὸ ὕσπληγος ἐξαλλόμενον Gal. 7.623 ; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ὕ. ἀναπεσών throwing himself back as from a ὕ., i. e. violently, Pl. Phdr. 254e ; ὥσπερ ἀπὸ ὕ. θέοντες, i.e. running at top speed, Luc. Cat. 4 .

3). a contrivance (of uncertain nature, but prob. on the principle of ὕ. 1 or 2 ; = Lat. transenna, Gloss.) for starting a race, starting-machine (κυρίως τὸ μηχάνημα τὸ ἀποκροῦον τὸν κανόνα τοῦ δρομέως Sch. D.P. 121 ; cf. σχαστηρία 1 ), ὕσπληγος ἀγκῶνας τρεῖς παραστάδας ὑσπλήγων τέτταρας καὶ κίονας δύο, σύριγγας τῶν ὑ. δύο, in a list of wooden objects, Inscr.Délos 1400.9 (ii B. C.), cf. 1409 Ba ii43 (ii B. C.); ὕσπληγα λαμπαδίειον (for the torch-race) IG 11(2).203 B 96 (Delos, iii B. C.); ἀφέσεις τὰς ἀπὸ τῶν ὑσπλήγων τοῦ Παναθηναϊκοῦ σταδίου ib. 22.1035.50 (i B. C.); ἔπεσεν ἡ ὕ. Luc. Tim. 20 ; τῆς ὕ. εὐθὺς καταπεσούσης Id. Cal. 12 ; ἑστᾶσιν ὥσπερ ἐφ’ ὕσπληγος ἐξορμᾶν ἕτοιμοι J. BJ 3.5.4 ( v.l. ὑφ’ ὕσπληγος ); διήκει πρὸ αὐτῶν καλῴδιον ἀντὶ ὕσπληγος Paus. 6.20.11 ; χαλῶσιν αἱ ὕ. ib. 13 ; ἀθρόα δ’ ὕσπληξ πάντα (sc. τὰ ἅρματα) διὰ στρεπτοῦ τείνα [τ’ ἔ]χουσα κάλω· [ἦ] μέγ’ ἐπαχήσασα θοὰς ἐξήλασε πώλους Inscr.Perg. l.c.; ψόφος ἦν ὕσπληγος ἐν οὔασιν, i.e. the race had just started, AP 11.86 , cf. Plu. 2.804e ; ἔσχαστο ἡ ὕ. Hld. 4.3 ; ψαλιδωτὰς ἱππαφέσεις διὰ μιᾶς ὕ. ἅμα πάσας ἀνοιγομένας D.H. 3.68 : metaph., κἀπὸ γῆς ἐσχάζοσαν ὕσπληγας were loosing the starting-machine from land, i. e. were starting out from land, Lyc. 22 .

4). = καμπτήρ 11 , metaph., D.P. 121 , cf. Eust. ad loc.; ὕσπληγας ὑποφήνας τῶν κατὰ φιλοσοφίαν λόγων setting limits to .. , dub. in metrod. Herc. 831.11 .

5). part of a burial-place, perh. gate, CIGl.c.

6). = μύωψ 11.2 or μάστιξ, Herm. in Phdr. p.170A. , Hsch., Suid.; = ὑστριχίς 1 , Eust.ad D.P. 121 (deriving it from ὗς and πλήσσω).