ἶπ-ος,ἡ(so in Pi. l.c.) orτό( Eust. 844.39 ), in a mouse-trap,
A. the piece of wood that falls and catchesthe mouse, Ar. Pl. ( 815 ?)ap. Poll. 10.155 , Id. 7.41 , Eust. 16.40 ,etc. cf.εἶπος.
2. any weight, fuller's
press, Archil. 169 ;ἶ. ἀνεμόεσσα, of Aetna as the weight which holds Typhoeus down, Pi. O. 4.8 ;pressused in surgery, Hp. Mochl. 38 . (Perh. cf.ἴπτομαι.)