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