Liddell–Scott–Jones: τρίβολος

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water-chestnut, Trapa natans,

τρίβολος [ῐ],ὁ, name of various prickly plants,

a. water-chestnut, Trapa natans,

τ. ἔνυδρος

Thphr. HP 4.9.1

, Dsc. 4.15 .

b. caltrops, Tribulus terrestris,

Ar. Lys. 576 ;τ. περικαρπιάκανθος, χερσαῖος,

Thphr. HP 3.1.6 , 6.1.3 , Dsc. l.c.; ἄκανθαι καὶ τ.

LXX Ge. 3.18

; βάτοι καὶ τ.

Ph. 1.680

, cf. IG 14.1934f1 (Rome):— Alc. 47 calls sour wineὀξύτερος τριβόλων.

c. τ. φυλλάκανθος, thorny trefoil, Fagonia cretica,

Thphr. HP 6.5.3 .

d. τ. παραθαλάσσιος, prickly samphire, Echinophora spinosa,

Hp. Nat.Mul. 32 .

Browse lexicon entries

II. τρίβολοι,οἱ, a threshing-machine, a board with sharp stones fixed in the bottom,

Ph. Bel. 85.36 , al., LXX 2 Ki. 12.31 , Longus 3.30 ;τ. ξύλινος(in the sectionπερὶ κάρρων) Edict.Diocl. 15.41 ; τριβόλους ἀχυρότριβας

AP 6.104

( Phil. ).

III. caltrop,i. e. a four-spiked implement thrown on the ground to lame the enemy's horses, Ph. Bel. 100.7 , Plu. 2.200a , Polyaen. 1.39.2 , 4.3.17 , Hdn. 4.15.2 , Procop. Goth. 3.24 .

b. τ. πηχῶν έa larger contrivance for stopping boulders, etc., thrown down a slope, Ath.Mech. 38.2 .

c. οἱ κατακρημνώμενοι τ.an instrument hung from the walls of a fortress as a defence against battering-rams, Ph. Bel. 100.15 .

d. a kind of missile, τριβόλων σιδηρῶν σφενδονῆται

D.H. 20.1

;οἱ τ. οἱ καιόμενοιa kind of incendiary missile, Ph. Bel. 100.20 , cf. 94.9 .

IV. part of the bit of a bridle, PCair.Zen. 782 (a). 9

(iii B. C.), Poll. 1.148 , Hsch.

V. dub. sens. in naval dockyard records, σίδηρος ἐκ τοῦ τ.

IG 22.1629.1154

, 1631.338 .

VI. asAdj.,three-tiered,

πυρὰ πυργοειδὴς τ.

D.C. 74.5

.

References

Thphr. HP 4.9.1
Dsc. 4.15
Ar. Lys. 576
Thphr. HP 3.1.6
6.1.3
Dsc.
LXX Ge. 3.18
Ph. 1.680
IG 14.1934f1
Alc. 47
Thphr. HP 6.5.3
Hp. Nat.Mul. 32
Ph. Bel. 85.36
LXX 2 Ki. 12.31
Longus 3.30
Edict.Diocl. 15.41
AP 6.104
Phil.
Ph. Bel. 100.7
Plu. 2.200a
Polyaen. 1.39.2
4.3.17
Hdn. 4.15.2
Procop. Goth. 3.24
Ath.Mech. 38.2
Ph. Bel. 100.15
D.H. 20.1
Ph. Bel. 100.20
94.9
PCair.Zen. 782
9
Poll. 1.148
Hsch.
IG 22.1629.1154
1631.338
D.C. 74.5