πλινθίον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, ''Dim. of'' [[πλίνθος]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[small]] [[brick]], Th.6.88, X.Cyr.7.1.24; of gold, IG22.1377.13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[πλαίσιον]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[square]] of troops, Hell.Oxy.7.2, Plu. Crass.23, Arr.Tact.11.5, 29.8; τάξας τὴν στρατιὰν ἐν πλινθίῳ J.AJ13.4.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[sundial]], Vitr.9.8.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> a [[bandage]], = [[ἡμιρρόμβιον]], Gal. 18(1).798, cf. Heraclasap.Orib.48.13.1.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[machine]] invented by [[Nileus]] for reducing [[dislocation]]s, Heliod. ap. Orib.49.7.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[rectangular]] [[box]], Bito60.2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[checkerboard]], Poll.9.98.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[table]] of [[number]]s [[divide]]d into [[square]]s, Vett.Val.321.1: hence, = [[διάγραμμα]], of a [[musical]] [[scale]], Ph.1.27.<br><span class="bld">3</span> pl. [[πλινθία]] = Lat. [[regiones caeli]], [[field]]s into which the Augurs divided the [[templum]] of the [[heaven]]s, Plu.Cam.32, Rom. 22.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[square]]s or [[check]]s of [[tartan]], D.S.5.30.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[front]] [[frame]] of a [[torsion]] [[engine]], Ph.Bel.60.6, HeroBel.81.10; also, [[case]] or [[chamber]] in which [[mechanism]] is fitted, Id.Aut.5.3.<br><span class="bld">6</span> generally, [[rectangle]], Str. 2.5.36, PMag.Lond.46.349,361.