ἄτρακτος, ὁ.
and in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.271f] Refs 1st c.AD+], ἡ:— spindle, ἄτρακτον στρέφειν[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.12, compare 4.34, 162, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 281e, etc.; λίνου μεστὸν ἄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1348 (Lyric poetry); Ἀνάγκης ἄ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 616c; τῶν Μοιρῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 401b15, compare “IG” 12(7).447 (from Amorgos). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II arrow, ἄ. τοξικός[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 139] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄ. alone, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 290, “Tr.” 714] Refs 5th c.BC+]. In this sense specially Laconian dialect, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.40. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III upper part of a ship's mast, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.91. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV spindle-shaped cautery, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 28, “Vid.Ac.” 4. (Cf. ἀτρεκής,] Refs 5th c.BC+] Latin torqueo.)