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θριγκός

θριγκός, the topmost course of stones in a wall

θριγκ-ός, ὁ,
  • topmost course of stones in a wall, cornice, coping, mostly in pl., Od. 17.267, S. Fr. 506, Arist. Ph. 246a18, IG 7.3073.68 (Lebad.); of the row of slabs behind the frieze, SIG 244ii61 (Delph., iv B.C.); δῶμα περιφερὲς θριγκοῖς E. Hel. 430: sg., Id. IT 47.
        • b frieze, θ. κυάνοιο Od. 7.87; χρυσοῦς D.S. 18.26.
      • 2 metaph., coping-stone, last finish, θ. ἀθλίων κακῶν E. Tr. 489; δοκεῖ ὥσπερ θ. τοῖς μαθήμασιν ἡ διαλεκτικὴ . . ἐπάνω κεῖσθαι Pl. R. 534e.
    • II wall, fence of any sort, E. Ion 1321, Ar. Th. 58 (anap.), Paus. 1.42.7, Plu. Profect. 2.85f.
      • 2 row, ὀδόντων Hp. Ep. 23.—Later forms are θριγγός v.l. in Plu. l.c.; θριγχός v.l. in Dsc. 4.85; τριγχός, Sch. Il. 11.774, Eust. 1570.17, SIG 1231.6 (Nicomedia, iii/iv A.D.).

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