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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>plinthus</b>: (-os), i, m. and f., = [[πλίνθος]] (a [[tile]]).<br /><b>I</b> In archit., the [[large]] [[flat]] [[member]] under the [[inferior]] moulding of a [[column]], the [[base]], plinth, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 7, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[land]]-surveying, a [[tile]]-shaped [[figure]], containing a [[hundred]] acres of [[land]]: quae centuriae [[nunc]] appellantur plinthi, id est laterculi, Hyg. Condit. Agror. p. 205 Goes.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>plinthus</b>, ī, f. ([[πλίνθος]]), plinthe [t. d’archit.] : Vitr. Arch. 4, 7, 3.
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{{Georges
|georg=plinthus, ī, m. u. f. ([[πλίνθος]]), [[als]] t. t. der Baukunst, das große platte [[Glied]] [[unter]] dem Schaftgesimse, die [[Platte]], Vitr. 4, 7, 3.
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