θριγγός

A. 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. 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.).