plinthus
plinthus (-os), i, m. and f., = πλίνθος (a tile).
- 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.
plinthus, ī, m. u. f. (πλίνθος), als t. t. der Baukunst, das große platte Glied unter dem Schaftgesimse, die Platte, Vitr. 4, 7, 3.
plinthus, ī, f. (πλίνθος), plinthe [t. dʼarchit.] : Vitr. Arch. 4, 7, 3.
PLINTHUS
PLINTHUS(πλίνθος), a brick or tile [LATER], or a squared stone for building; so of the marble blocks for the walls of the Erechtheum (C. I. G. 160, 50.10). The word is especially used by Vitruvius (also plinthis) and in modern architectural works, to denote the square block that sometimes forms the lower member of the base in the Ionic and Corinthian orders. In the best known Attic instances of the Ionic order no plinth exists. See SPIRA, COLUMNA.
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