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στροφ-εῖον , τό,
A.twisted noose, cord, X.Cyn.2.6, Poll.5.29 (gen. pl. στροφίων).
II. machine used in the theatre in representing heroes translated to heaven or dying at sea or in war, Id.4.127,132.
2. windlass, capstan, Luc. Nav.5: hence,
b. στροφεῖα, τά, perh. dues payable by ships for the use of a windlass, i.e. harbour-dues, IG11(2).138B8(Delos, iv/iii B.C.), 203A 30 (iii B.C.).
3. = στροφεύς 11, Kourouniotes “Ἐλευσινιακά” 1.190 (Eleusis, iv B.C., pl.).
III. = στρόφιον 11, POxy.33 iii 5 (ii A.D.).
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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