γόμφος,ὁ,
A. bolt, for ship-building, Od. 5.248 ; for other uses, Hes. Op. 431 , A. Th. 542 ;dowel, SIG 246ii40 (Delph.,iv B. C.); γόμφοις καὶ περόνῃσιν ἀρηρότε
Parm. 1.20
; γόμφῳ ἢ κόλλῃ ἢ ἁφῇ
Arist. Ph. 227a17
, cf. Metaph. 1052a24 : generally,bond, fastening, as of thecross-ribsof Egyptian canoes, Hdt. 2.96 ; of the ankle-joint, Arist. PA 654b21 ; of the in visiblebondsuniting the partieles of the body, Pl. Ti. 43a : metaph.,γ. κατάστοργοι, of love, Emp. 87 ;τῶνδ' ἐφήλωται . . γόμφος διαμπάξthese things aredetermined, A. Supp. 945 :—acc. to EM 238.4 ,γ.were prop. of wood; but cf. γ. χαλκοί
IG 9
( 1 ). 691 (Corc.), γ. σιδηροῖ
Plb. 13.7.9
.
2. instrument for cautery,
Hippiatr. 97 .
3.
= γόμφιος , Hsch.