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σωλήν , ῆνος, (also σωλῆνος , , Anan.Oxy.1087.57),
A.channel, gutter, Archil.5, Aen.Tact.18.6, PPetr.2p.119 (iii B.C.), Ph.Bel.91.26,28.
2. pipe, Hdt.3.60, Hero Spir.1.1, al., Arr.Epict.4.11.9; κεραμεοῖ ς. Plu.2.526b; “σκύτινοςStr.16.2.13; “μολίβδινοςGp.10.18.6; ventilation-pipe, ib.2.27.2; ἀργυροῦς καὶ χρυσοῦς (for unguents) Plu. Galb.19 (pl.).
3. cylindrical box for keeping a broken limb straight, Hp.Off.14, Fract.16,22.
4. grooved tile, IG42(1).109 iv 116, 117 (Epid., iv B.C.), 11(2).203 B97 (Delos, iii B.C.), Hsch., etc.
5. a shell-fish, perh. the razor-fish, Epich.42, Sophr.24, Philyll.13, Arist. HA528a18, 548a5, al., Gal.6.734.
6. membrum virile, Hsch.
7. the cavity of the spine, Poll.2.180.
8. grooved rails in which wheels run, Hero Aut.2.2; σωλῆνες καταπαλτῶν, σκορπίων σωλῆνες, IG22.1628.512,515, 1629.986,990.
9. vulgar name for lienteria, Steph. in Gal.1.314 D.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Herodotus, Histories, 3.60
    • Strabo, Geography, 16.2.13
    • Hippocrates, De fracturis, 16
    • Hippocrates, De officina medici, 14
    • Hippocrates, De fracturis, 22
    • Plutarch, Galba, 19
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