screw
screw
subs.
Peg in a musical instrument: Ar. and P. κόλλοψ, ὁ.
subs.
Peg in a musical instrument: Ar. and P. κόλλοψ, ὁ.
SCREW
s. cochlea: epitonium (ἐπιτόνιον: screw to tighten the strings of a musical instrument). The threads of a screw rugae per cochleam bullantes (Plin. 18 31 74). A female screw *cochleae matrix. Archimedes’s screw cochlea (for drawing up water). Cork-screw *instrumentum extrahendis corticibus
s. cochlea: epitonium (ἐπιτόνιον: screw to tighten the strings of a musical instrument). The threads of a screw rugae per cochleam bullantes (Plin. 18 31 74). A female screw *cochleae matrix. Archimedes’s screw cochlea (for drawing up water). Cork-screw *instrumentum extrahendis corticibus
v. To use a screw *cochlea adigere or astringere aliquid. To screw anything to anything cochlea affigere aliquid alicui rei: to screw anything in anything cochleae ope inserere aliquid.
To twist contort detorquere (general term): distorquere (e.g. oculos os).
Proverbially To screw anything out (figuratively) elicere aliquid: eblandiri aliquid (by flattery or wheedling): expiscari aliquid (to fish it out): extorquere aliquid (by violence). To screw one’s self into anything se insinuare in aliquid (e.g. in familiaritatem alicujus; ineausam etc.): se immiscere or inserere alicui rei (into a crowd of persons or into a thing). To screw anything too tight aliquid (nimis) intendere (e.g. leges Plin.). To screw one’s self up to anything intendere se ad aliquid (e.g. intendere se ad firmitatem Cic.).
To twist contort detorquere (general term): distorquere (e.g. oculos os).
Proverbially To screw anything out (figuratively) elicere aliquid: eblandiri aliquid (by flattery or wheedling): expiscari aliquid (to fish it out): extorquere aliquid (by violence). To screw one’s self into anything se insinuare in aliquid (e.g. in familiaritatem alicujus; ineausam etc.): se immiscere or inserere alicui rei (into a crowd of persons or into a thing). To screw anything too tight aliquid (nimis) intendere (e.g. leges Plin.). To screw one’s self up to anything intendere se ad aliquid (e.g. intendere se ad firmitatem Cic.).
screw (subs.): cochlea: to be worked by s.s, (of a wine-press), cochleis torqueri, Vitr. 6, 6 (9), 3: id. 5, 12, 5 (where the cochleae form part of a machine for drawing water): a s. nail or bolt, *clavus cochleatus.
screw (v.): Phr.: cochleis torquere (v. preced. art.): or if the sense is to fasten with s.s, *clavis cochleatis figere.
Screw
See cochlea.