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κύρβεις

κύρβεις, εων, αἱ, Ar. Av. 1354, Lys. 30.20, etc.; οἱ, Cratin. 274 (but ταῖς codd. of Plu. Sol. 25), Arist. Ath. 7.1, Euph. 6: κύρβιες AP 4.4 (Agath.); acc. pl. κύρβιας A.R. 4.280, AP 4.3b.37 (Agath.): sg., v. infr. III, acc. κύρβιν Nonn. D. 12.55; dat. κύρβιδι ib. 37: (perh. akin to κόρυμβος): —
  • at Athens, triangular tablets, forming a three-sided pyramid, turning on a pivot, upon which the early laws were inscribed, Cratin. l.c., Ar. l.c., Pl. Plt. 298e, Lys. 30.17, Arist. l.c.; described as being of wood, Plu. l.c.; of brass, Sch. Ar. l.c.; of stone, Apollod. Fr. Hist. 107(a) J.; by some identified with ἄξονες, Eratosth. ap. Sch. A.R. 4.280, Plu. l.c.; by others distd. from them, Ar.Byz. ap. EM 547.52, Sch. A.R. l.c., AB 274, Hsch.
    • II later, of all pillars or tablets with inscriptions, Pl. l.c., Porph. Abst. 2.21; of maps, A.R. l.c.; of wall-pictures, Nonn. D. 12.32; κ. γηραλέαι, of Homerʼs poems, AP 15.36 (Cometas), cf. 4.4 [4.3.134] (Agath.): metaph., the pillars of Heracles, ib. 4.3b.37 (Id.).
    • III in sg., metaph., of the Spartan scytale, Achae. 19; of a pettifogging lawyer, as if a walking statute-book, Ar. Nu. 448 (anap.); κ. ἑταιρικῶν κακῶν, of a ἑταίρα, Aristaenet. 1.17, cf. Zen. 4.77.

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