θερμαστρίς
or θέρμαστρις [[(5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus), ἡ, “IG” 22.1414.42] Refs 5th c.AD+]; accusative θερμαστριν[[ Roussel “Cultes Égyptiens” 220 (Delos, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; genitive θερμαστρίδος [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Mechanica” 854a24: _accusative_ _plural_ θερμάστρεις LXX.3Ki.7.26(40), 31(45): for forms with -αυστρ-] LXX+4th c.BC+] see below:—tongs used by smiths to take hold of hot metal, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]: generally, pincers, pliers, Arist. [prev. cited]
__2 metaphorically, a violent dance, in which the legs were crossed tong-fashion, [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 4.102, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.630a, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (θερμαυστρίς codices 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus ] Refs 2nd c.AD+], θαυυαστρεις codex A [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus, θέρμαστρις 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare θερμαυστρίζω.
__II spike, clamp, [[ 2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 34.4. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III ={θερμαντήρ}, τὰς θερμάστρεις [[ LXX [prev. cited] ] Refs]; θερμαυστρίς and θερμαστρίς [[ 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 10.66 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; accusative θέρμαυστριν (probably in this signification) [[ 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 228: in “IG” and Roussel 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” cc. the signification may be 1.1 or 111. (In signification 1 probably from θερμός, αὔω (A), compare ἐξ-αύω: but the origin of signification 111 and the form -αστρ- is not clear.) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]