ἶπ-ος , ἡ (so in Pi. l.c.) or τό (Eust.844.39), in a mouse-trap,
A.the piece of wood that falls and catches the mouse, Ar.Pl.(815?)ap.Poll. 10.155, Id.7.41, Eust.16.40,etc. cf. εἶπος .
2.any weight, fuller'spress, Archil.169; ἶ. ἀνεμόεσσα, of Aetna as the weight which holds Typhoeus down, Pi.O.4.8; press used in surgery, Hp.Mochl.38. (Perh. cf. ἴπτομαι.)