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|lshtext=<b>absis</b>: or [[apsis]], īdis (collat. form ab-sīda, ae, Paul. Ep. 12; cf. Isid. Orig. 15, 8, 7), f., = [[ἁψίς]]>, lit.<br /><b>I</b> a [[fitting]] [[together]] in a [[circular]] form, [[hence]] an [[arch]] or [[vault]].<br /><b>I</b> Plin. Ep. 2, 17 ([[but]] in Plin. 36, 12, 17, the [[correct]] [[read]]. is aspidem, v. Sillig ad h. l.). —In a [[church]], the [[choir]], Isid. Orig. 15, 18, 7, and Paul. Ep. 12 (in [[both]] of [[which]] it is [[doubtful]] [[whether]] [[absis]], idis, or [[absida]], ae, should be [[read]]; cf. Areval [[upon]] Isid. l. c.). —<br /><b>II</b> The [[circle]] [[which]] a [[star]] describes in its [[orbit]], Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79; cf. id. 2, 15, 13, § 63.—<br /><b>III</b> A [[round]] [[dish]] or [[bowl]], Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 6; ib. Fragm. 32, § 1.