[Meaning] a sandal's latchet. In effect, the thong of a shoe.[1]
*sfairwth/r: sandali/ou zini/xion. oi(=on to\ lwri/on tou= u(podh/matos.
Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at
Photius sigma855 Theodoridis. This is sense #1 in LSJ s.v.
sfairwth/r, a masculine noun also found as
sfurwth/r (as if from
sfura/ "ankle",
sigma 1761).
Adler classifies the entry as a 'gl[ossa] sacra', but
sfairwth/r in
LXX Exodus 25.31-36 is LSJ's sense #2, a ball/knob/sphere ornamenting a pillar.
[1] cf.
zeta 101.
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