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|Full diacritics=ἐξώστρα
|Medium diacritics=ἐξώστρα
|Low diacritics=εξώστρα
|Capitals=ΕΞΩΣΤΡΑ
|Transliteration A=exṓstra
|Transliteration B=exōstra
|Transliteration C=eksostra
|Beta Code=e)cw/stra
|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">stage-machine</b> identified with the <b class="b3">ἐκκύκλημα</b> (q. v.) by Hsch. and <span class="bibl">Poll.4.127</span>, but distd. from it, ib.<span class="bibl">129</span>: metaph., τῆς τύχης ἐπὶ τὴν ἐ. ἀναβιβαζούσης τὴν ὑμετέραν ἄγνοιαν <span class="bibl">Plb.11.5.8</span>:—also ἔξ-ωστρον, τό, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).199<span class="title">A</span>95 (pl., Delos, iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">bridge thrust out</b> from the besiegers' tower against the walls of the besieged place, Lat. <b class="b2">exostra</b>, Veget.<b class="b2">de Re Milit</b>.4.21. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">balcony</b>, Sm.<span class="title">4 Ki.</span>1.2; = Lat. <b class="b2">maenianum</b>, Gloss.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0891.png Seite 891]] ἡ, eine Theatermaschine, wie das [[ἐκκύκλημα]], Poll. 4, 128; übertr., Pol. 11, 6, 8 τῆς τύχης ἐπὶ τὴν ἐξ. ἀναβιβαζούσης τὴν ὑμετέραν ἄγνοιαν, wie auf dem Theater kund machen.
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|lstext='''ἐξώστρα''': ἡ, μηχανὴ ἐπὶ τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ θεάτρου ὁμοία κατά τι πρὸς τὸ [[ἐκκύκλημα]] (ὃ ἴδε), [[Πολυδ]]. Δ΄, 127, 129· μεταφ. ἐν Πολυβ. 11. 6, 8. ΙΙ. [[γέφυρα]] κρεμαστὴ ἐξωθουμένη ἐκ τοῦ πύργου τῶν πολιορκητῶν κατὰ τοῦ τείχους τῶν πολιορκουμένων, Λατ. exostra, Vegetius Renatus de Re Militari 4. 21. 2) = [[ἐξώστης]], «μπαλκόνι», Σύμμαχ. Δ΄, Βασιλ. Α΄, 2.
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