στρέβλη, ἡ,
(στρεβλός) winch used in ship-building, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 441 (_plural_ = τὰ ξύλα τῶν νεῶν ἐν οἷς διασφηνοῦνται γομφούμενα (sic, perhaps -μεναι), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 in plural, the twisted cords in a mechanical toy, the untwisting of which releases the motive power, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Motu Animalium” 701b3, 9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 clothes-press, probably worked by a screw, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.950a. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 part of a filter, τὸν τρυγώδη διὰ σάκκου καὶ στρέβλης ἠθεῖν οἶνον [[ 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. see at {σακίζειν}. ] Refs 9th c.AD+]
__II an instrument of torture, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.54.7, LXX.4Mac.7.4, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 19.1.6, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nec.” 14, etc. ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 torture, λύπας, μερίμνας, ἁρπαγάς, στρέβλας, νόσους [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 88, compare “PTeb.” 789.15 (2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.86 (_plural_), 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.234 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ζημίαι καὶ σ. [[[prev. work]2.152 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus (_plural_). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]