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candle-stick. LXX Ex. 25. 31 ff. xavlia-Aog : xatj>.6?, that which is 

 ' Hke the stalk of a plant.' a) a branch of a candle-stick. Joseph. 

 B. J. 7- 5. 5. b) a silver tube. Diod. Excerpt. 521. 10. xqov- 

 viaxog : xpouvo^, that which is ' like a spring,' the cock or top e. g. 

 of the clepsydra. Schol. Luc. Pise. 28 ; Hero Spir. 178. xva^i- 

 axog : xuaS-oc, that which is ' like a cup or hollow,' mentioned among 

 surgical instruments in Cod. Laur. 74. 2, see Herm. 38. 282. It 

 designates the hollow side of a probe in Galen. 19. 122 p.v]'XY]? 

 Tw Tzkdzzi • Tw Y-oxb-iiyyiM -zr^q dcp8-a>«px9]? [xyJIy]?. xvxXiaxog : xtjxXo?, 

 that which is ' like a circle or wheel.' a) a ring to pass the reins 

 through. Galen. 3. 321. b) a circular astronomical instrument. 

 Ptol. Almag. Halm. t. i p. 46. 21 ff . Xvxiaxog : Xukoc, ' wolf ' ; rea- 

 son for name obscure. Hes. s. v., see a^ovCaxo?. f.nqvlaxog : [j-r^vr], 

 that which is ' like the moon ' i. e. crescent-shaped, a) a part of 

 the rudder according to Hes. 'ra /a}>xo'J[j.aTa tcov 7rY]BaXiojv. b) metal 

 crescents. CIA. 2. 678 B 48 (378—366 B. C.) p^vCcrxoi yoCky.o\. III. 

 fioyllaxog : [xoyloq, an instrument ' hke a lever,' a certain surgical 

 instrument. Hipp. Art. 830. Seems to be equivalent to its prim- 

 itive in Ar. ap. Poll. 10. 147, probably because of semantic 

 syncretism, vataxog : vcco^, that which is ' like a temple, but not 

 a real one,' a shrine or a chapel. Strabo 637 ; Joseph. H. J. 8. 

 8. 4 ; Hero Spir. 191. o^eXlaxog : o'^^zkoc, is puzzling because in 

 their most frequent use the two words coincide from the beginning : 

 h^zliaxoc, is merely ' a spit,' with no clear reference to small size, 

 in Ar. Ach. 1007 (Osps tou? h^z}i<r/.ouc„ tva avaTiStpco tk? yi.iyXoa.c) , 

 Vesp. 354, 364, Av. 359, 388, 672 ; Sotad. frg. 3. 585 (i. 10) ; 

 Anaxipp. frg. 4. 465 (i) ; Xen. Hell. 3. 3. 7 ; Arist. Mirab. 63. 

 835 a 18, Pol. 7. 2. 1324 b 19. Probably this identity is due to 

 prehistoric syncretism (cf. § 34). In the following uses o^ski- 

 (7X0? was conceived as ' like a spit ' : a) the leg of a compass. 

 Ar. Nub. 178. b) a sword-blade. Polyb. 6. 23. 7. c) iron 

 head of a Roman pilum. Dion. H. 5. 46. d) an iron or copper 

 coin stamped with a spit. Plut. Lys. 17, Fab. 27. e) an obe- 

 lisk. CIG. 1838 b 14, from Corcyra. olxiaxog : oTxo?, that which 

 is ' like a house.' a) a bird-cage. Ar. frg. 2. 1119 (8, 9), 1129 

 (10). b) peel or shell of seeds or nuts. Arist. De Plant, i. 5. 820 b 

 10. c) a little model of a house or cage in Insc. Del. Ditt'-. 

 588. 31 (ab. 180 B. C.) ^onBapia apyupa II sv oixi<7xou ^ultvwi. 

 oXfiiaxog ' socket or hinge of door ' : olit.oc, ' mortar'. Sext. Emp. 

 M. 10. 54. oviaxog : ovo<;, that which is ' like an ass.' a) a wind- 

 lass or crane. Hipp. Fract. 761, its handle id. Art. 834. b) a 

 saw. Hes. o^igy-oc, ' tsxtovixoi; xpiow. ovqaviaxog : oupavo?, that which 



