A.anything tied or made to tie: hence,
2. noose, halter, E.Hipp.781.
3. cord, Id.Ba.696, cf. Hp.Steril.244, etc.; ἅ. παρθενίας maiden girdle, AP7.182 (Mel.), cf. 164 (Antip.), imitated in Epigr.Gr.248.8 (Philomelium).
4. link of chain, Them.Or.2.32d.
II. that which kindles, Ph.2.504.