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μοχλός

mochlos

handle, lever, long or strong rod

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What it meant

1. μοχλός · mochlos — Beekes

μοχλός [m.] ‘handle, lever, long or strong rod’, often used to bar doors, ‘crossbeam, -bar’ (Od.). VAR μοκλός (Anacr. 88). ‘DER Diminutive μοχλ-ίον (Com. Adesp., Luc.), -iokog (Hp. Ar.), μοχλ-ικός ‘regarding the lever’ (Hp., Ph. Bel.). Verbs: 1. μοχλεύω ‘to (re)move with a lever’ (Ion. poet., also late prose), also with ἀνα-, ἐκ-, whence μοχλ-εία ‘removing with a lever, restoring with a lever’ (Arist., … — [Beekes, s.v. μοχλός, p. 1024]

2. μοχλός · mochlos — Chantraine

μοχλός : m. «levier», dit aussi de n'importe quelle barre, par exemple, celle avec laquelle Ulysse crève l'œil du Cyclope, plus particulièrement de la barre qui verrouille une porte et qui est fixée par le βάλανος (Od., ion.-att., etc.) ; la forme μοκλός condamnée par Phryn. 308 Lob. semble attestée chez Anacr. 431. Diminutifs : μοχλίον (Com. Adesp. 1084, Luc., pap.), oxoc (Hp., Ar., ete.). ΑΔ]. μοχλιυκός. «qui … — [Chantraine, s.v. μοχλός, p. 734]

3. μοχλός · mochlos — Frisk

μοχλός (μοκλός Anakr. 88) m. “Hebel, Hebebaum, -stange, lange, starke Stange’, oft zum Verriegeln der Türe benutzt, “Querbalken, -riegel’ (seit Od.). — Davon die Deminutiva μοχλ-ίον (Kom. Adesp., Luk.), -ioxos (Hp., Ar. u.a.), das Adj. μοχλ-ικός “auf den Hebel, die Hebewirkung bezüglich’ (Hp., Ph. Bel.) und die Verba 1. μοχλεύω, auch mit ἄνα-, ἐκ- u.a., "mit einem Hebel bewegen, :weghebeln’ (ion. poet., auch sp. … — [Frisk, s.v. μοχλός, p. 1234]

4. μοχλός · mochlos — LSJ

bar, lever, crowbar

bar, lever, crowbar, used for moving ships, μοχλοῖσιν δʼ ἄρα τήν γε κατείρυσεν Od. 5.261; or heavy weights, μοχλοῖς καὶ μηχαναῖσιν ἀνελκύσαι Ar. Pax 307; for forcing doors and gates, E. Or. 1474 (lyr.), cf. Ba. 348, 1104, etc.; ὑποβαλόντες τοὺς μ. ὑπὸ τὰς πύλας Ar. Lys. 428, cf. Arist. Mech. 847b11, al.

II any bar, stake

any bar or stake, as in Od. 9.332 the stake which Odysseus runs into the Cyclops’ eye, cf. E. Cyc. 633.

III bar, bolt, the bars, a bar, defence against

wooden or iron bar or bolt placed across gates on the inside and secured by the βάλανος, τοῦ μοχλοῦ διακοπέντος Th. 4.111, cf. 2.4, IG 1(2).313.126; μοχλοὺς ἐπιβάλλειν Ar. Th. 415; τὸν μ. ἐμβάλλειν X. An. 7.1.12, cf. Ar. Lys. 246; μοχλοῖς καὶ κλῄθροισι τὰ προπύλαια πακτοῦν ib. 264; τὴν πόλιν . . ἀπεκλῄσατε τοῖσι μ. ib. 487; πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε by [drawing back] the bars, A. Ch. 879; κλῇθρα λύσαντες μοχλοῖς E. IT 99 (more naturally κλῄθρων μοχλοὺς λύσαντες, as in Ar. Lys. 310 κἂν μὴ . . τοὺς μοχ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μοχλός (scan p. 1024; entry #4184).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μοχλός (scan p. 734; entry #5429).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μοχλός (scan p. 1234; entry #3953).

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