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θυρίς

θυρίς, a window

θῠρίς, ίδος, ἡ,
  • Dim. of θύρα, window, Praxill. 5, Ar. V. 379, Th. 797, Pl. R. 359d, Arist. de An. 404a4, Ath. 50.2, IG ΙΙ(2).161D 101 (Delos, iii B.C.), BGU 1116.23 (i B.C.), Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.273b; window-frame, ἐναρμόσαι εἰς ἑκάστην τὴν θ. (opening) χαλκᾶς θ. (frames) IG 2(2).1668.37.
        • b audience-window of the king or high officials in Egypt, UPZ 15.7, 16.20, 53.5 (ii B.C.), Heraclid.Cum. 4.
      • 2 opening at each end of a beeʼs cell, Arist. HA 624a7.
      • 3 valve of a bivalve fish, ib. 529b7.
      • 4 in pl., embrasures in battlements, IG 2(2).463.55, al.; for artillery, D.S. 20.91, D.C. 74.10.
    • II in pl., planks, boards, Heraclid. Pont. ap. Ath. 12.521f; tablets, Hsch.
      • 2 cell of wasps, Arist. HA 628a20, 629a30.

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