στρόμβος
ὁ
A.
a body rounded or spun round: hence,
1.
top, Il. 14.413; ὥσπερ ς. στρέφεσθαι Luc. Asin. 42.
2.
= στροφάλιγξ, whirlwind, A. Pr. 1084 (anap.), prob. in Id. Fr. 195.3.
3.
trumpet-shell, Arist. HA 492a17, al.; sea-snail, Artem. 2.14; of a shell used as a trumpet, conch, Lyc. 250, Theoc. 9.25, Plu. 2.713b.
4.
snail, Arist. HA 548a18, cf. 530a6, PA 661a23.
5.
= στρόβιλος 6, Nic. Th. 884.
6.
spindle, Lyc. 585.