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πλαίσιον

πλαίσιον, an oblong figure

πλαίσῐ-ον, τό,
  • = πλινθίον, πλινθεῖον (qq.v.), oblong case or frame used in moulding bricks and in measuring, Ar. Ra. 800 (pl.), Pl.Com. 147; χιτωνίσκος ἐμ π. in an oblong box, IG 2(2).1514.13, al., cf. BCH 28.165 (Delos); κεκρυφάλους τρεῖς ἐμ π. IG 2(2).1522.18; oblong scaffold or platform, Plu. Alex. 67: pl., of the frames enclosing Solonʼs ἄξονες, Id. Sol. 25; of frames in roof-panelling, IG 1(2).372E2, al., Inscr.Délos 504A 13,15 (iii B. C.).
    • II hollow rectangle, ἐν π. τετάχθαι Th. 7.78, cf. 6.67, X. An. 1.8.9; = ἐν ἑτερομήκει σχήματι, Ael. Tact. 37.8, Arr. Tact. 29.7; ἰσόπλευρον π. X. An. 3.4.19, Arr. An. 4.5.6; [Σμύρνα] ἀνέχει ἐν π. Aristid. Or. 23(42).20; of the shape of the Acropolis of Alexandria, Aphth. Prog. 12.
    • III εἰς τὰ π. prob. f.l. for εἰς τὰ πλάγια in D.C. 40.2.

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