στρόφος

A. twisted band or cord, ἐν δὲ ς. ἦεν ἀορτήρ on it (the wallet) was a cord to hang it by, Od. 13.438: generally, cord, rope, Hdt. 4.60, IG 22.1631.336.

2. women's girdle, A. Th. 872 (anap.); prob. for στρόβους, Id. Supp. 457.

3. swaddling-band, h.Ap. 122, 128.

II. twisting of the bowels, colic, ς. μ’ ἔχει τὴν γαστέρα Ar. Th. 484, cf. Hp. VM 10, Aph. 4.11, Damox. 2.25, Sor. 2.85, Gal. 6.263; κοιλίης Hp. Acut. 37.