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τροχιλεία

τροχιλεία, block-and-tackle equipment, pulley

τροχῐλ-εία, ἡ,
  • block-and-tackle equipment, pulley or system of pulleys, roller of a windlass, and the like, IG 1(2).313.112, 314.123, 374.142, 22.1666.91, 1672.205, al., 11(2).161 A 98 (Delos, iii B. C.); the later spelling τροχιλία is found in codd. of Hp. Art. 43, Ar. Lys. 722 (where τροχιλείας is metrically prob.), Plb. 1.22.5, 8.4.5, Plu. Aud.poet. 2.18c, Eum. 11, Gal. UP 7.14; the word is variously corrupted in Archipp. 33; the form τροχιλέα occurs in Arist. Mech. 851b19, Ath.Mech. 14.8, Suid. (citing Socr. ap. D.L. 2.36, where τροχιλία); τροχειλέα prob. in PLond. 3.1177.216 (ii A. D.); τροχαλία, Arist. Mech. 853a36, b2; τροχηλιά (oxyt.), Thphr. HP 4.3.5, Gal. UP 7.14 (as v.l.); τροχελλέα, POxy. 502.35 (ii A. D.); τροχιλλέα, BGU 1116.24 (i B. C.), Gloss.; τροχαρέα, PLond. 1821.194: metaph., μετά τινος τροχιλίας with a certain ease or glibness, Ath. 13.587f (s. v.l.).

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