στραγγᾰλ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
intricate knot, [[ 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 48 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑμεῖς.. ἀεὶ στραγγαλίδας ἐσφίγγετε tied knots fast (compare στραγγαλιάω), [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 21: hence Aristocreon called Chrysippus τῶν Ἀκαδημιακῶν στραγγαλίδων κοπίδα] Refs 5th c.BC+], a knife to cut Academic knots, cited in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1033e. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 knot or induration in the breast or other parts, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 587b22 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare στραγγαλιά.
__3 some kind of ornament, [[ LXX.Judg.8.26 ] LXX]; σ. ἀργυρᾶ, σ. χρυσᾶ κεκολλημένη, [[ “POxy.” 1449.18, 23 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]