σφηνίσκος

II. wedge-shaped plug, pledget for the nose, Paul.Aeg. 2.58.
III. Math., an irregular truncated pyramid, with v.l. σφηκίσκος, Hero *Deff. 114, cf. *Stereom. 1.25: cf. βωμίσκος.
2. a number with 3 unequal factors, Anon. in Tht. 43.14, Nicom. Ar. 2.6.
IV. wedge-shaped ornament on shoe, Herod. 7.22 (prob. rest.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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