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δρύφακτος

δρύφακτος, a fence

δρύφακτ-ος [ῠ], ὁ, later τρύφακτος BCH 35.23 (Delos, iv B. C.), OGI 598.3 (Jerusalem), Hdn.Gr. 2.595:—
  • railing or latticed partition, serving as the bar of the courts of law, the council-chamber, etc., Ar. V. 830 [corr. HD]: mostly in pl., ὑπερεπήδων τοὺς δ. Id. Eq. 675; ὑπὸ τοῖς δ. Id. V. 386; ἐπὶ τοῖς δ. ib. 552, X. HG 2.3.55: sg., δρυφάκτου τρόπῳ Apollod. Poliorc. 172.1.
      • 2 hand-rail, Plb. 1.22.6, 10.
      • 3 balcony, Arist. Ath. 50.2:—written δρύφρακτοι, Lib. Or. 11.217. (By dissim. for δρύ-φρακτος (φράσσω), cf. Lib. l.c., Hellad. ap. Sch. Orib. 2 p.746 D., Sch. Ar. Eq. l.c.)

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