στρόφιγξ

A. pivot, axle or pin on which a body turns, E. Ph. 1126.

2. pl., pivots working in sockets, at top and bottom of a door, Thphr. HP 5.5.4, al., PCair.Zen. 782(a).7 (iii B.C.), Plu. Rom. 23, Gal. UP 1.15.

3. metaph., γλώττης ς., of a well-hung tongue, Ar. Ra. 892; of the vertebrae, Pherecr. 236, Pl. Ti. 74a, 74b.

4. νύμφη ἡ ἐν τῷ ς., dub. sens. in AJA 30.249 (Cyprus).