Hysplenx
ὕσπληγξ
Hysplenx (ὕσπληγξ), the rope drawn across the race-course at the starting-point. [STADIUM] For other senses, see L. and S., s. v.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.