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parastas

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Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

părastas: ădis, f., = παραστάς,
I a four-cornered pillar or column, a pilaster, Vitr. 10, 15; cf. parastata.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

părastăs, ădis, f. (παραστάς), pilastre, montant [dans une baliste, une catapulte] : Vitr. Arch. 10, 10, 2.

Latin > German (Georges)

parastas, ados, f. (παραστάς), das senkrechte Stück des Spannrahmens an der Katapulte u. Ballista, das senkrechte Rahmenstück, Vitr. 10, 10 (15), 2 u. ö.