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|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[πήγνυμι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> anything [[fasten]]ed or [[join]]ed [[together]], [[framework]], of a [[ship]], <b class="b3">κέλητος πῆγμα</b> ''AP''5.203 (Mel.); τὸ πῆγμα τῆς σχεδίας Ph.Byz.''Mir.''4.5; of a [[roof]], ''Annuario'' 6/7.450; <b class="b3">θύρα κέλλας, στοὰ σὺν πήγμασι</b>, ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''2146.9,12 (iii A. D.); <b class="b3">τὸ τῶν ὀστέων πῆγμα</b> [[LXX]] ''4 Ma.''9.21; <b class="b3">τὸ πιοειδὲς πῆγμα</b> Heliod. ap. Orib.49.33.5.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[stage]] or [[scaffold]] used in theatres, Str.6.2.6, J.''AJ''14.15.5, ''BJ''7.5.5, Juv.4.122, Suet.''Claud.''34, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[bookcase]], Cic.''Att.''4.8.2.<br><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., <b class="b3">πῆγμα γενναίως παγέν</b> (Aurat. for [[πῆμα]]) [[bond]] in honour bound, A.''Ag.''1198; but also <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς ὅλης πῆγμα σοφίας</b> [[fabric]], Ph.1.536.<br><span class="bld">II</span> anything [[congeal]]ed, <b class="b3">τὸ πῆγμα τῆς χιόνος</b> [[frozen]] [[snow]], Plb.3.55.5; <b class="b3">τὸ πῆγμα τῆς τροφῆς</b>, i.e. [[fat]], Ruf.''Onom.'' 215; [[solid mass]], <b class="b3">ἔστη π.</b>, of the [[water]]s of [[Jordan]], [[LXX]] ''Jo.''3.16.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[that which makes to curdle]], as [[rennet]] does [[milk]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''516a4.