A.pin or thole to which the Greek oar was fastened by the τροπωτήρ, h.Hom.7.42, A.Pers.376, E.Hel.1598, IT1347; “ὑπομόχλιον ὁ ς. γίνεται” Arist.Mech.850b11; κατὰ σκαλμὸν ἐρέσσειν (opp. paddle) Arr.Ind.27.5:—of the πριαπίσκος in the βάθρον Ἱπποκράτους, Ruf. ap. Orib.49.26.6.
II. ς. θρανίτης a bank or bench of rowers, Plb.16.3.4.