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|lshtext=<b>pēgma</b>: ătis, n., = [[πῆγμα]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[fixture]] made of boards, for [[use]] or [[ornament]], belonging to a [[house]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: atricrum pegmata, Aus. Epigr. 26: in emptionem [[domus]] et specularia et pegmata cedere solent, Dig. 33, 7, 12.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A bookcase, Cic. Att. 4, 8, a fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[piece]] of [[wooden]] [[machinery]] in the [[theatre]], [[which]] [[rose]] and [[fell]], opened and [[shut]] of itself, and [[with]] [[which]] players were [[suddenly]] [[raised]] [[aloft]], Sen. Ep. 88, 19; Plin. 33, 3, 16, § 53: si automatum vel [[pegma]] vel [[quid]] [[tale]] aliud [[parum]] cessisset, Suet. Claud. 34; Phaedr 5, 7, 7; Juv. 4, 122; Mart. 8, 33, 3; Vop. Carin. 19.
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