χνόη, Ion.
χνοίη,
A. axle-box, nave,
ἄξων ἐν χνοίῃσιν
Parm. 1.6
; prob. in Emp. 46 ; ἔλακον ἀξόνων βριθομένων χνόαι
A. Th. 153
(lyr); ἔθραυσε δ' ἄξονος μέσας χνόας
S. El. 745
, cf. 717 ; ἀντύγων χνόας
E. Rh. 118
.
2. metaph.,χνόαι ποδῶν the jointson which the feet play, as the wheels on the axle, A. Th. 371 .