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|lshtext=<b>plŭtĕus</b>: i, m., [[less]] freq. plŭtĕum, i, n.<br /><b>I</b> A [[penthouse]], [[shed]], or mantlet, made of hurdles [[covered]] [[with]] [[raw]] hides, and used to [[protect]] besiegers (cf. vineae): plutei [[crates]] corio crudo intentae, quae solebant opponi militibus [[opus]] facientibus, et appellabantur militares. Nunc [[etiam]] tabulae, quibus [[quid]] praesepitur, [[eodem]] nomine dicuntur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 231 Müll.; cf. Veg. Mil. 4, 15: pluteos praeferre, Amm. 21, 12, 6; so Caes. B. C. 2, 9; Liv. 21, 61, 10 al.—Transf.: ad aliquem vineam pluteosque agere, i. e. to [[turn]] all one's weapons [[against]] him, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 111.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[permanent]] breastwork, a [[parapet]], on towers, etc.: pluteos [[vallo]] addere, Caes. B. G. 7, 41: plutei turrium, id. ib. 7, 25; id. B. C. 3, 24: rates a fronte [[atque]] ab [[utroque]] latere, cratibus ac pluteis protegebat, id. ib. 1, 25, 9; 2, 15, 3: viminei, Amm. 19, 5, 1: [[locus]] [[consaeptus]] cratibus pluteisque, Liv. 10, 38, 5.—<br /><b>III</b> The [[back]]-[[board]], [[back]], of a settee or [[couch]], Suet. Calig. 26; so of the [[couch]] on [[which]] guests reclined at [[table]]: somni [[post]] vina petuntur, ... [[puer]] pluteo vindice [[tutus]] erat, Mart. 3, 91, 10.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Meton]]., a [[couch]], dining-[[couch]], Prop. 4 (5), 8, 68.—<br /> The [[board]] on [[which]] a [[corpse]] is placed, Mart. 8, 44, 13.—<br /> A [[book]]-[[shelf]], bookcase, [[desk]], Pers. 1, 106; [[with]] busts [[upon]] it, Juv. 2, 7; cf. Dig. 29, 1, 17, § 4; Sid. Ep. 2, 9.—<br /> A [[partition]]-[[wall]] [[between]] [[two]] columns, a balustrade, [[parapet]], Vitr. 4, 4, 1.