στρόφ-ιγξ,ιγγος , ὁ(ἡ, EM 446.31 ): (στρέφω):—
A. pivot, axleorpin on which a body turns, E. Ph. 1126 .
2. pl.,pivots working in sockets, at top and bottom of a door, Thphr. HP 5.5.4 , al., PCair.Zen. 782 (a). 7
(iii B.C.), Plu. Rom. 23 , Gal. UP 1.15 .
3. metaph.,γλώττης ς., of awell-hungtongue, Ar. Ra. 892 ; of the vertebrae, Pherecr. 236 , Pl. Ti. 74a , 74b .
4. νύμφη ἡ ἐν τῷ ς., dub. sens. in AJA 30.249 (Cyprus).