δοκός

English (LSJ)

ἡ, later also ὁ, Luc.VH2.1: (δέχομαι):—

   A bearing-beam, main beam, esp. in the roof or floor of a house, Od.22.176, Ar.Nu. 1496; any balk or beam, Il.17.744, Th.4.112; bar of a gate or door, Ar.V.201: also, in pl., firewood, PFlor.127.5 (iii A. D.): prov., ὁ τὴν δοκὸν φέρων one who has 'swallowed a poker', Arist.Rh.1413b28; ἐν δοκοῖσι is prob. f. l. for ἐνδόκοισι in Archil.66.3, cf. Hsch. s.v. ἔνδοκος.    II a kind of meteor, Plin.HN2.96, Lyd.Ost.10b, Hsch.; cf. δοκεύς, δοκίας, δοκίς 11.