μοχλός
μοχλός
.μοχλός, οῦ, ὁ,
a bar used as a lever, a crowbar, handspike, Lat, vectis, used for moving ships, Od.; for forcing doors and gates, Eur.
the stake which Ulysses ran into the Cyclopsʼ eye, Od.
a wooden bar, placed across gates on the inside and secured by the βάλανος, Aesch., Thuc.