ἐπίδεσμος

A. upper or outer bandage, Hp. Off. 9, Ar. V. 1440, Arist. HA 630a6, Ph. Bel. 96.19: metaph., of fortresses as the `fetters' of Greece, Str. 9.4.15: heterocl. pl. ἐπίδεσμα Ael. NA 8.9:—also ἐπί‐δεσμον, τό, Gal. 13.686.