θυρεός
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Βουλὴν ἅπαντος πράγματος προλάμβανε → Nihil incohes, nisi inito consilio prius → Vor jedem Handeln fasse einen guten Plan
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (θύρα)
A stone put against a door to keep it shut, Od.9.240, 313. II oblong shield (shaped like a door), PSI4.428.36 (iii B.C.), Inscr. ap. Plu.Pyrrh.26, Callix.2; hence, of the Roman scutum (opp. ἀσπίς,= clipeus), Plb.2.30.3, 6.23.2, D.H.4.16, cf.Ep.Eph.6.16, Apollod. Poliorc.163.2, Arr.Tact.3.2, etc. III disk forming part of καθετήρ, IG11(2).287 B68 (Delos, iii B.C.). IV Math., oval, Procl.in Euc.1 Deff.3,8.
