A.wheel, Il.6.42, 23.394, etc.; “γῆ ἐπημαξευμένη τροχοῖσιν” S.Ant.252; ἐν πτερόεντι τ . . . κυλινδόμενον, of Ixion, Pi.P.2.22; τροχοὺς μιμεῖσθαι to imitate wheels, of one who bends back so as to form a wheel, X.Smp.2.22, 7.3: metaph. of fortune, “πότμος ἐν . . θεοῦ τροχῷ κυκλεῖται” S.Fr.871; also “μανίας τροχῷ” E. Pirith.Oxy.2078 Fr.1.14.
2. potter's wheel, Il.18.600; τροχῷ ἐλαθεὶς [λύχνος] (cf. τροχήλατος) Ar.Ec.4; “τροχοῦ ῥύμαισι τευκτὸν . . κύτος” Antiph.52.2, cf. Pl.R. 420e.
3. wheel of a stage-machine, Ar.Fr.188; also of a water-wheel, “ὁ τ. τῆς μηχανῆς” POxy.1292.13 (i A. D.); “τ. καὶ μηχανή” PSI9.1072.9 (iii A. D.).
4. wheel of torture, Anacr.21.9; “ἐπὶ τοῦ τ. στρεβλοῦσθαι” Ar.Pl.875, Lys.846, D.29.40; “ἕλκεσθαι” Ar.Pax452; “ἐπὶ τὸν τ. ἀναβῆναι” Antipho 5.40; “ἀναβιβάζειν τινὰ ἐπὶ τὸν τ.” And.1.43; “ἐν τῷ τ. ἐνδεδεμένον” Plu.2.509c; τῷ τ. προσηλοῦν [᾽Ιξίονα] ib.19e, cf. Luc. DDeor.6.5.
5. rotating wheels used in sieges as a defence against projectiles, D.S.17.45.
II. child's hoop, Antyll. ap. Orib.6.26.5, S.E.P.1.106.
III. round cake, κηροῖο, στέατος τ., Od.12.173, 21.178; τ. ἡλίου the sun's disk, Ar.Th.17 (v. infr. B); coil of a serpent, Orph.L.136.
IV. θαλάττης γῆς τε τ. circles or zones of land and sea, Pl.Criti.113d, cf. 115c, 116a, 117c sq., Plu.Luc.39.
V. circuit of a wall or fortification, “Κυκλώπιος τ.” S.Fr.227, cf. Sch.A Pl.Lg.681a (v. facsim. fol.175v).
VI. ring playing on the bit of a bridle, X. Eq.10.6, Poll.1.184.
2. ring for passing a rope through, on board ship, ib.94.
VII. whirlwind, LXXPs.76(77).18.
VIII. washpot (?), Gal.18(2).671.
IX. a fish or sea-monster (Lat. rota, Plin. HN9.8), Ael.NA13.20.
X. metaph., “ὁ τ. τῆς γενέσεως” Ep.Jac.3.6; “ὁ τῆς εἱμαρμένης τε καὶ γενέσεως τ.” Simp.in Cael.377.14.
B. τρόχος, ὁ, circular race, Hp.Vict.2.63, 3.68, Insomn.89; μὴ πολλοὺς τ. ἁμιλλητῆρας ἡλίου not many racing courses of the sun, i.e. not many days (codd. τροχούς wheels), S.Ant.1065; “παῖδες ἐκ τρόχων πεπαυμένοι” E.Med.46.
2. place for running, race-course, Id.Hipp. 1133 (lyr.).
II. an animal, Herodor.58J. (Trypho ap.Ammon. Diff.p.131 V. distd. the two senses as above.)