ἁψίς, Ep. and Ion.
ἀψίς,ῖδος,ἡ, (ἅπτω)
A. loop, mesh,such as form a net, ἀψῖσι λίνου
Il. 5.487
; ἁψῖδες nets,
A.R. 3.138
, Opp. H. 4.146 .
2. felloeof a wheel, Hes. Op. 426 , Lyr.in PLG 3.740 ; thewheelitself, Hdt. 4.72 , E. Hipp. 1233 ;κύκλος ἁψῖδοςthe potter'swheel,
APl. 4.191 ( Nicaenet. ).
3. in Archit.,dowel-pin,
IG 11(2).161
A 70 (De<*>los,iii B. C.).
4. disk, τὴν ἡμερίαν ἁψῖδα,of the sun, E. Ion 88 ;segmentcut off by rainbow, Arist. Mete. 371b28 , cf. Poet. ap. Plu. 2.103f .
5. archorvault(cf. ψαλίς
11
), ἐπὶ τὴν ὑπουράνιον ἁψῖδα