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A.
question-chamber, Theopomp.Com. 63, Polyaen. 8.62, Phalar. Ep. 82, 115; of the stocks, Sm. Je. 20.2.
II.
in pl., instruments of torture, Plu. 2.315d, Charito 4.2, Them. Or. 13.175c.
III.
touchstone, test, χρυσοῦ, πορφύρας ib.21.247b: metaph., ib.248a.