A.vertebra, Poll.2.130.
II. socket in which the pivot of a door (cf. στρόφιγξ) moved, Ar.Th.487, Fr.255, Hermipp. 47.9(anap.), Thphr.HP5.6.4, Kourouniotes “Ἐλευσινιακά” 1.190 (Eleusis, iv B.C.), IG11(2).287 B 148 (Delos, iii B.C.), Plb.7.16.5.
2. the pivot itself,= στρόφιγξ, ὁ κατὰ τοῦ ὁλμίσκου βεβηκὼς ς. S.E.M.10.54, cf. BGU1201.17 (i B.C./i A.D.), PMag.Osl.1.136, Luc.DMeretr. 12.3.
3. part of a weasel-trap, Gloss.