στῆριγξ,ιγγος,ἡ,
A. support, prop, stay,ς. τοῦ σώματος, of theκνήμηor large bone of the leg, X. Eq. 1.5 ;αἱ ς. [τῶν πύργων] D.S. 18.70 .
b.
= παρακερκίς
1 , Poll. 2.191 (pl.).
2. fork with which the shaftorpole of a two-wheeled chariot was propped, until the beasts were yoked to it, Lys. Fr. 330
S. , Plu. 2.280f : acc.στήριγγᾰνMaiuriNuova Silloge
48 (Rhodes).