σύσπαστος

A. capable of being drawn together, closed by drawing together, βαλλάντια Pl. Smp. 190e, Gal. 2.424, Ath. 11.783f; ς. ἐγχειρίδιον a stage-dagger, the blade of which runs back into the hilt, such as was used in the Ajax (815 sq.), Polem.Hist. 95.