1. a bar used as a lever, a crowbar, handspike , Lat, vectis , used for moving ships, (Odyssey by Homer); for forcing doors and gates, (Euripides)

2. the stake which Ulysses ran into the Cyclops' eye, (Odyssey by Homer)

3. a wooden bar , placed across gates on the inside and secured by the βάλανος, (Aeschulus Tragicus) (ML)