εἱργμός

A. cage, prison, Pl. R. 495d, Phd. 82e.

2. imprisonment, J. AJ 18.1.3, Plu. 2.84f: pl., Mitteis Chr. 71.10 (iv A. D.); εἱργμοὶ καὶ δεσμοί, of a snake's coils, Ael. NA 17.37; εἱργμοῦ γραφή action for malicious imprisonment, Poll. 6.154.