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πλινθίς

πλινθίς, a whetstone

πλινθ-ίς, ίδος, ἡ,
  • Dim. of πλίνθος, stone cut in the shape of a brick, IG 2(2).1668.26.
      • 2 square or check, Callix. 1.
        • b = πλινθίον III.1, for a kind of cross-word puzzle, Puchstein Epigr.Gr. p.7, PMag.Par. 1.1305.
      • 3 sundial, Plu. Def.orac. 2.410e.
      • 4 paper-weight (?), AP 6.295.6 (Phan.).
      • 5 block of land 6,000 ft. square, = Lat. laterculus, Hygin. in Corp.Agrimens.Rom. ip.85 Thulin.
      • 6 block of wood inserted to strengthen the χοινικίδες, Ph. Bel. 57.35.
      • 7 block of fish-pemmican, Agatharch. 34.
    • II number squared and multiplied by a smaller number, Theo Sm. p.41 H., Nicom. Ar. 2.6, 17, Anon. in Tht. 43.22.
    • III = πλινθίον II.1, Corp.Herm. 16.13.

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