τύλος

A. = τύλη 1, callus, X. Mem. 1.2.54, Nic. Th. 178, Dsc. 3.80; inside the hands, τὼ χεῖρε τύλων ἀνάπλεως Luc. Somn. 6; on the knees, Sch.Ar. Ach. 553, etc.; cf. τυλόω 11.

II. anything rising like a lump, knob or knot; esp.

1. wooden bolt with a knob at the end, trenail, Ar. Ach. 553, Plb. Fr. 82, Arr. An. 2.3.7.

2. knob on a club, ῥόπαλον τύλους ἔχον περισιδήρους D.S. 3.33, cf. Str. 16.4.17.

3. membrum virile, Poll. 2.176, Hsch.

4. knob or nose on which the thread of a screw works, Hero Spir. 1.5; peg on which a string is looped, Eutoc. ad Archim. iii p.60 H.; knob on an axle to which a cord is attached, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.3.3, 49.4.25,51, 49.8.4, Sor. 1.68. [υ Nic.l.c.; cf. τύλη.]