πλαίσιον

A. = 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 22.1514.13, al., cf. BCH 28.165 (Delos); κεκρυφάλους τρεῖς ἐμ π. IG 22.1522.18; oblong scaffold or platform, Plu. Alex. 67 : pl., of the frames enclosing Solon's ἄξονες, Id. Sol. 25; of frames in roof-panelling, IG 12.372,al., Inscr.Délos 504 A 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.