δουροδόκος
From LSJ
τὸν καπνὸν φεύγων εἰς τὸ πῦρ ἐνέπεσεν → out of the frying pan into the fire, from the frying pan into the fire
English (LSJ)
ὁ, one of the principal beams of the roof, Harp. s.v. στρωτήρ, EM 731.10.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ
• Alolema(s): δορο- Sud.s.u. στρωτήρ, EM 731.10G.
viga τὰ μικρὰ δοκίδια τὰ ἐπάνω τῶν δουροδόκων τιθέμενα στρωτῆρας ἔλεγον Did.CP p.320, Sud.l.c., EM l.c.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
δουροδόκος: ὁ, μία τῶν κυριωτάτων δοκῶν τῆς ὀροφῆς, «τὸ ξύλον τὸ ὑποδεχόμενον τῆς οἰκίας τὸν ὄροφον» Ἁρποκρ., Σουΐδ.· ἴδε Müller Archäol. d. Kunst § 283.