πέτευρον

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A roosting-perch for fowls, Ar.Fr.839, Theoc.13.13, Nic.Th.197 (pl.), Hsch.    2 generally, pole, spar, plank, Lyc. 884.    II springboard, used by tumblers and acrobats, Man.6.444, Epic.in Arch.Pap.7p.5; Lat.petaurus, Juv.14.265, etc., but abl.peteuro (v.l. petauro), Lucil.Fr.1298 Marx.    2 platform, stage, Plb.8.4.8.    III springe, trap, ἐπὶ πέτευρον ᾅδου συναντᾷ LXXPr.9.18.    IV public notice-board, IG7.235.42 (Oropus, iv B.C.); π. τῷ λόγῳ (for publication of accounts) ib.11(2).145.44 (Delos, iv B. C.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 605] τό, = πέταυρον; Ar. in Phot. lex.; Theocr. 13, 13; Nic. Th. 197.