κύρβεις

Etymology
As a technical expression, suspected of being a loan, perhaps from. According to Beekes, the older connection with is unacceptable. Fick and Kretschmer also adduced, which would have been named after their whirling dances.

Proper noun

 * 1)  triangular tablets, forming a three-sided pyramid, turning on a pivot, upon which the early laws were inscribed
 * 2)  all pillars or tablets with inscriptions
 * 3)  the Pillars of Hercules
 * 4)  pettifogging lawyer, as if a walking statute book