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σφόνδυλος (sphondulos) a neck vertebrae ^G:N-M

σφόνδυλος-ος, ὁ

(ἡ, see below 1b), Ionic dialect and later Greek σπόνδῠλος (as in [Refs 5th c.BC+], and some passages of [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— vertebra, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially one of the cervical vertebrae, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: plural, backbone, spine, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; or neck, [LXX+5th c.BC+]

__b generally, joint, especially in the scorpion's tail, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__c prickly ridge on the head of the κεστρεύς, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__d a kind of mussel or oyster, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Latin spondylus, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II from resemblance to vertebrae,
__II.1 one of the tambours in a column, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; σ. μεγάλοι perhaps drums of columns used as missiles, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 circular whorl which balances and twirls a spindle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.b the shape of that part of the terrestrial sphere which lies between the Equator and the Arctic Circle, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2.c voting pebble, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.3 head of a kind of artichoke (κινάρα), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.4 roller for closing or opening a trap-door, σπονδύλου προϋποτιθεμένου Aen. Tact.36.2.

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Lev.5.8}