hypomochlion

noun

hy·​po·​moch·​li·​on

plural -s

archaic

: fulcrum

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek, from hypo- + mochlion small lever, diminutive of mochlos lever; akin to Greek mogos exertion, labor

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