σφυρόν

A. ankle, κνῆμαί τε ἰδὲ σφυρά Il. 4.147, cf. 518, Hp. Loc. Hom. 6; ποδῶν τέτρηνε τένοντε ἐς σφυρὸν ἐκ πτέρνης Il. 22.397; ὀρθῷ ἔστασας ἐπὶ σφυρῷ (metaph.) Pi. I. 7(6).13; βαίνουσα . . ς. κούφῳ E. Alc. 586 (lyr.); μονόχαλα ς., of a horse, Id. IA 225 (lyr.); τὸ ς. ἐξεκόκκισε put out his ankle, Ar. Ach. 1179; τὸ ἔσχατον ἀντικνημίου ς. Arist. HA 494a10; ς. Ἰφίκλειον the ankle of Iphiclus (the runner), Call. Aet. 3.1.46.

II. metaph., the lower part or edge, foothills, of a mountain, ἐν Παλίου σφυροῖς Pi. P. 2.46, cf. AP 6.114 (Simm.), 7.501 (Pers.), Nonn. D. 1.165, etc.; Λιβύας ἄκρον σφυρόν the very furthest part of Libya, Theoc. 16.77; ς. νήσων Musae. 45; ὕλης Nonn. D. 2.1.