στρόφ-ιγξ, ιγγος, ὁ
(ἡ, [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 446.31)] Refs]: (στρέφω):— pivot, axle or pin on which a body turns, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1126. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 plural, pivots working in sockets, at top and bottom of a door, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.5.4, +others, “PCair.Zen.” 782 (a). 7 (3rd c.BC), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 23, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 1.15. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 metaphorically, γλώττης σ., of a well-hung tongue, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 892 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the vertebrae, [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 236, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 74a, 74b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 νύμφη ἡ ἐν τῷ σ., uncertain meaning in [[ “AJA” 30.249 (from Cyprus). ] Refs]