τροχός

τροχός, ὁ, (τρέχω) A. wheel, Il. 6.42, 23.394, etc.; γῆ ἐπημαξευμένη τροχοῖσιν S. Ant. 252; ἐν πτερόεντι τ . . . κυλινδόμενον, of Ixion, Pi. P. 2.22; τροχοὺς μιμεῖσθαι to imitate wheels, of one who bends back so as to form a wheel, X. Smp. 2.22, 7.3: metaph. of fortune, πότμος ἐν . . θεοῦ τροχῷ κυκλεῖται S. Fr. 871; also μανίας τροχῷ E. Pirith.Oxy. 2078 Fr. 1.14. 2. potterʼs wheel, Il. 18.600; τροχῷ ἐλαθεὶς [λύχνος] (cf. τροχήλατος) Ar. Ec. 4; τροχοῦ ῥύμαισι τευκτὸν . . κύτος Antiph. 52.2, cf. Pl. R. 420e. 3. wheel of a stage-machine, Ar. Fr. 188; also of a water-wheel, ὁ τ. τῆς μηχανῆς POxy. 1292.13 (i A. D.); τ. καὶ μηχανή PSI 9.1072.9 (iii A. D.). 4. wheel of torture, Anacr. 21.9; ἐπὶ τοῦ τ. στρεβλοῦσθαι Ar. Pl. 875, Lys. 846, D. 29.40; ἕλκεσθαι Ar. Pax 452; ἐπὶ τὸν τ. ἀναβῆναι Antipho 5.40; ἀναβιβάζειν τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν τ. And. 1.43; ἐν τῷ τ. ἐνδεδεμένον Plu. 2.509c; τῷ τ. προσηλοῦν [Ἰξίονα] ib.19e, cf. Luc. DDeor. 6.5. 5. rotating wheels used in sieges as a defence against projectiles, D.S. 17.45. II. childʼs hoop, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.26.5, S.E. P. 1.106. III. round cake, κηροῖο, στέατος τ., Od. 12.173, 21.178; τ. ἡλίου the sunʼs disk, Ar. Th. 17 (v. infr. B); coil of a serpent, Orph. L. 136. 2. large pill (cf. τροχίσκος 2), Sor. 1.65, POxy. 2144.25 (iii A. D.). IV. θαλάττης γῆς τε τ. circles or zones of land and sea, Pl. Criti. 113d, cf. 115c, 116a, 117c sq., Plu. Luc. 39. V. circuit of a wall or fortification, Κυκλώπιος τ. S. Fr. 227, cf. Sch.A Pl. Lg. 681a (v. facsim. fol.175v). VI. ring playing on the bit of a bridle, X. Eq. 10.6, Poll. 1.184. 2. ring for passing a rope through, on board ship, ib.94. VII. whirlwind, LXXPs. 76(77).18. VIII. washpot (?), Gal. 18(2).671. IX. a fish or sea-monster (Lat. rota, Plin. HN 9.8), Ael. NA 13.20. X. metaph., ὁ τ. τῆς γενέσεως Ep.Jac. 3.6; ὁ τῆς εἱμαρμένης τε καὶ γενέσεως τ. Simp. in Cael. 377.14.