166 PFa/ter Petersen, 



is ' like the sky,' the vaulted ceiling of a room or top of a can- 

 opy. 1 Phylarch. ap. Ath. 539 E ; Plut. Alex. 37, Phoc. 33. na- 

 qa^oUaxog : ::apa|jo}vOv, perhaps something ' edge-like,' a projection. 

 CIA. 2. 678 B 79 7uapa(3o}i'7xot t-^? ':£Tpa[x]'JxXoLi All I. nqianioxog : 

 nptocOT?, a part of a surgical instrument. Oribas. 128 Mai. nvQ- 

 yloy.oc : t/j^YjC, that which is ' like a tower.' a) a burial-vault. 

 Insc. Lye. CIG. 4207. 13, 4212. b) a casket. Artemid. i. 74. 

 c) probably a tower-like part of a ship in Sext. Emp. M. 9. 78, 

 7. 102 (L. & Sc. have ' casket).' ^otoxog : '^occ, a knob or tassel 

 shaped ' like a pomegranate.' LXX Ex. 28. 29 ; Joseph, A. J. 

 3. 7. 4 ; Suid. arvXiaxog- : «7tS)v0c, that which is 'like a pillar.' 



a) a staff or rod. Hipp. Mochl. 865 ; Strabo 164 ocrov xoBtaTov to 

 u']>oc £-iO£[X£va$ '7-u}i(rxov. Insc. Del. Mich. 833. loi (279 B. C). 



b) a part of a surgical instrument. Oribas. 128 Mai. c) a mast 

 to carry a sail at the stern. Eustath. 1039. 3^- Oifrfxcaxog : <>cpr"£, 

 that which is ' like a wasp or its tail.' a) a pointed stick or 

 stake. Ar. Plut. 301 Msyav locfjwzzt; Yi[j.[jivov G'^rf/laxoy. b) roof- 

 timbers or rafters. Polyb. 5. 89. 6 c'j}.' acp' sxxaiBsxa-fj/ou? sw$ 

 6y-7.~r,/yjc dc o-cprjxioxwv loyov ppia. Insc. Att. Ditt-. 537. 71 

 (346 B. C.) ; CIA. 2. 835 c-1 12 (320-317 B. C). c) a projecting 

 stone over the entrance door (?). Arist. frg. 420. 1548 a 16. 

 a(alr(iiaxoc : c-w>.y]'v, that which is ' like a channel or pipe,' explained 

 by Schol. Z 401 crw>.Yivi(7X0tj? • ^Xsysi Be toc^ Xz-^o^ivcuz o-uptyya?, ai 

 7r£pi}>aij.jjavoy(n tou? 7cXoxa[j.oU(; yJ dc, on-c, xaTaxlEiovrai at 7C£p6vai. 

 TQoyJaxog : 'zpoyoc, that which is ' like a wheel or hoop,' a metal 

 ball let fall to mark time. Jo. Laur. De Mag. 2. 16. xiiviaxog : 

 /TjV, that which is ' like a goose.' a) the end of a ship's stern, 

 because turned up like a goose's neck. Luc. V. H. 2. 41, Nav. 

 5 ; Suid. s. v. b) a handle of a mixing-bowl shaped hke a goose's 

 neck. Insc. Del. Ditt.^ 588. 156, 159. 



9. Miscellaneous. 

 43. (tQTtaxog : ap-:oc something ' like a loaf ' of bread, a pill. 

 Diosc. 2. 203. dffieQlxjxog : ocGxrlp, a mark ' Hke a star,' an asterisk (-x-)- 

 Eustath. 599. 34 ; as a metrical sign Hephaest. p. 137. ^(afiiaxog : 

 p(0[j.6c, something shaped ' hke an altar,' a mathematical solid of 

 three unequal dimensions. Hero Def. 114 Icp-rjviovvOc M Io-ti to 



^ It must have been by an extension of this meaning that ovQuviaxog is 

 used of the Corona AustraHs, a constellation of the southern hemisphere, 

 in Schol. Arat. 397. The ' crown ' evidently seemed hke a canopy. 



2 Possibly a diminutive in the meanings a and b. 



