στῆριγξ

στῆριγξ, ιγγος, ἡ,

• support, prop, stay, σ. τοῦ σώματος, of the κνήμη or large bone of the leg, X. Eq. 1.5; αἱ σ. [τῶν πύργων] D.S. 18.70.
• • • • b = παρακερκίς I, Poll. 2.191 (pl.).
    • 2 fork with which the shaft or pole of a two-wheeled chariot was propped, until the beasts were yoked to it, Lys. Fr. 330 S., Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.280f: acc. στήριγγᾰν Maiuri Nuova Silloge 48 (Rhodes).

στῆριγξ, ιγγος, ἡ, die Stütze ; τῶν κνημῶν τὰ ὀστᾶ· ταῦτα γάρ ἐστι στήριγγες τοῦ σώματος, Xen. Equit. 1.5 ; Poll. 1.220. Bes. die Gabel, mit der man die Deichsel stützte, ehe das Zugvieh angespannt wurde, Plut. qu.Rom. 70.

στῆριγξ, ιγγος,

• • • 1a support, prop, stay, Xen.
    • 2the fork with which the pole of a two-wheeled chariot was propped, Lat. furca, Lys.