1. a bar used as a lever, a crowbar, handspike , Lat, vectis , used for moving ships, (Odyssey by Homer); for forcing doors and gates, (Euripides) 2. the stake which Ulysses ran into the Cyclops' eye, (Odyssey by Homer) 3. a wooden bar , placed across gates on the inside and secured by the βάλανος, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)
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G8352 — μοχλός
mochlos · a bar · Greek