ἀντίσπαστος

ον, Subst., ὁ
A. drawn in the contrary direction, νεφέλαι πνεύμασιν ἀ. Orph. H. 21.5.
2. spasmodic, convulsive, ὀστέων ἀδαγμὸς ἀ. S. Tr. 770.
II. ἀντίσπαστος (sc. πούς), ὁ, in Prosody, antispast, a foot made up of an iambus and trochee, ^ - - ^, Heph. 3, Aristid.Quint. 1.22.
2. = ἀντίφθογγος, ἀντίσπαστα μέλη Phryn. Trag.11; ἀντίσπαστα ἐφυμνεῖ πηκτίδος συγχορδίᾳ S. Fr. 412 (unless 'doubly twanged', of an instrument with two registers).
III. ἀντίσπαστον· φιλήματος ὄνομα, Hsch.
IV. Subst. ἀντί‐σπαστος, ὁ, tackle, pulley-rope, Ath.Mech. 9.13,al.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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