Logeion | χελώνιον

χελών-ιον, τό,

tortoise-shell, Arist. PA 671a32, Resp. 479a6 (v.l. χελωνιδίων), Ael. NA 7.16.
- - 2 crabʼs shell, Plu. Pyth. 2.400a, Suid. s.v. Τενέδιος.
- II arched part of the back, Poll. 2.177: pl., muscles of the back, prob. for χελύνια in LXX De. 34.7.
- III part of a lock, IG 11(2).287A 46 (Delos, iii B. C.), Inscr.Délos 316.72 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 46.17 (ii B. C.), BGU 1028.20, 26 (ii A. D.), POxy. 113.4 (ii A. D.), Theognost. Can. 124, Sch. Od. 21.47.
- - 2 arch or bow for releasing the string of the stomach-bow, Hero Bel. 77.11.
  - 3 knob against which the butt-ends of the arms of a torsion-engine rest, ib. 93.7.
  - 4 prob. part of an irrigation machine, PLond. 3.1177.179 (ii A. D.); part of a crane in which the axle turns, Vitr. 10.2.2, al.

χελώνιον, ου (τὸ)

I écaille ou carapace de tortue, Arstt. P.A. 3, 9, 2 ; Respir. 17, 4 ; El. N.A. 7, 16 ||

II p. anal. :

1 dos écailleux du crabe, Plut. ||

2 croupe ou culasse d’une machine de jet, Héron Bel. 10 ||

3 monnaie de Ténédos avec l’empreinte d’une tortue, Plut. M. 400a.

Étym. χελώνη.

χελώνιον, τό, s. unter χελώνειον.

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