τροχαντήρ

A. trochanter, i. e. either of two processes at the head of the thigh bone, Gal. UP 15.8, cf. Id. 2.309, 312, Epigr. ap. S.E. M. 1.316sq.

II. part of the stern of a ship, Hsch.

III. an instrument of torture, LXX 4 Ma. 8.13 (v.l. ‐τήρια).