plinthus
From LSJ
Χεὶρ χεῖρα νίπτει, δάκτυλοι δὲ δακτύλους → Digitum lavat digitus et manum manus → Die Finger waschen Finger, die Hand die andre Hand
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
plinthus: (-os), i, m. and f., = πλίνθος (a tile).
I In archit., the large flat member under the inferior moulding of a column, the base, plinth, Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 7, 3.—
II In land-surveying, a tile-shaped figure, containing a hundred acres of land: quae centuriae nunc appellantur plinthi, id est laterculi, Hyg. Condit. Agror. p. 205 Goes.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
plinthus, ī, f. (πλίνθος), plinthe [t. d’archit.] : Vitr. Arch. 4, 7, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
plinthus, ī, m. u. f. (πλίνθος), als t. t. der Baukunst, das große platte Glied unter dem Schaftgesimse, die Platte, Vitr. 4, 7, 3.
