A.piuot on which anything turns, axis:
2. pole of this axis, ὁ ἄνω, ὁ κάτω π., Arist.Cael.285b9, cf. Mete.362a33; π. φανερός, ἀφανής, Id.Cael. 285b21; π. ἀρκτικός, ἀνταρκτικός, Id.Mu.392a2; π. βόρειος, νότιος, Hipparch.1.4.1, 1.8.14, cf. Gem. 16.11, Cleom.1.4, Ptol.Alm.2.6; “π. τοῦ ὁρίζοντος” the zenith, Euc.Phaen.p.18 M.; λόξωσις τοῦ π. inclination of the pole (of the zodiac), Ocell.2.23.
b. pole-star, Eratosth. Cat.2.
3. celestial sphere, vault of heauen, sky, A.Pr.429 (lyr.), E.Fr. 839.11 (anap.); “ἄστρων π.” Id.Or.1685 (anap.), cf. eund.Eleg.2; “τὸ τοῦ π. τοῦ παντὸς ἡμισφαίριον” Alex.261.7; “ὀρνίθων π.” Ar.Av.179; “ψυχὴ δ᾽ αἰθέριον κατέχει π.” Epigr.Gr.225 (Ephesus); “ἀπ᾽ ἀντολίης πόλον ἥλατο χρύσεα κύκλα ἠελίου” AP14.139 (Metrod.).
4. orbit of a star, Pl.Epin.986c.
5. crown of the head, Hsch.; the whole head, Poll.2.99.
II. centre of the circular threshing-floor, X.Oec.18.8.
III. pole passing through the axle-tree of a carriage, as a shock-absorber, D.S.18.27.
IV. concave sun-dial (called πόλος from being shaped like the vault of heaven), on which the shadow was cast by the γνώμων, Hdt.2.109, Ar.Fr.163: fem. in Luc.Lex.4.
2. διακόσμησις τοῦ π. organization of the calendar, OGI56.46 (Canopus, iii B. C.).
V. head-dress, worn by goddesses, e.g. Aphrodite, Paus.2.10.5; Tyche, Id.4.30.6.
VI. Archit., dowel, IG22.1675.4, al.
VII. crescent-shaped projection on a machine for reducing dislocations, Philistion ap. Orib.49.4.37.
VIII. windlass, capstan, BGU544.24 (pl., ii A. D.).