στρόφος

strophos

twisted band

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 3
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Book 13 1
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13438
Book 17 1
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17198
Book 18 1
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18109

Dictionary (LSJ)

στρόφος, ὁ, (στρέφω) A. twisted band or cord, ἐν δὲ σ. ἦεν ἀορτήρ on it (the wallet) was a cord to hang it by, Od. 13.438: generally, cord, rope, Hdt. 4.60, IG 22.1631.336. 2. womenʼs girdle, A. Th. 872 (anap.); prob. for στρόβους, Id. Supp. 457. 3. swaddling-band, h.Ap. 122, 128. II. twisting of the bowels, colic, σ. μʼ ἔχει τὴν γαστέρα Ar. Th. 484, cf. Hp. VM 10, Aph. 4.11, Damox. 2.25, Sor. 2.85, Gal. 6.263; κοιλίης Hp. Acut. 37.

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