στῆριγξ
στῆριγξ, ιγγος, ἡ,
A). support, prop, stay, ς. τοῦ σώματος, of the κνήμη or large bone of the leg, Eq. 1.5 ; αἱ ς. [τῶν πύργων] . 18.70
2). fork with which the shaft or pole of a two-wheeled chariot was propped, until the beasts were yoked to it, Fr. 330 , : acc. 2.280f στήριγγᾰν Maiuri Nuova Silloge 48 (Rhodes).