ἐξώστρα
From LSJ
ἔτυχες εἰς τὴν μάχην ὑπὸ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ πεμφθεὶς → you happened to be sent into the battle by the general
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A stage-machine identified with the ἐκκύκλημα (q. v.) by Hsch. and Poll.4.127, but distd. from it, ib.129: metaph., τῆς τύχης ἐπὶ τὴν ἐ. ἀναβιβαζούσης τὴν ὑμετέραν ἄγνοιαν Plb.11.5.8:—also ἔξ-ωστρον, τό, IG11(2).199A95 (pl., Delos, iii B. C.). II bridge thrust out from the besiegers' tower against the walls of the besieged place, Lat. exostra, Veget.de Re Milit.4.21. III balcony, Sm.4 Ki.1.2; = Lat. maenianum, Gloss.
