πλινθεύω

A. make into bricks, τὴν γῆν Hdt. 1.179; π. πλίνθους make bricks, LXX Ge. 11.3: abs., make bricks, Ar. Nu. 1126, Ra. 800, PCair.Zen. 633.21,25 (iii B. C.), PLond. 1.131.302 (i A. D.), Luc. Sacr. 4:—Med., Th. 2.78.

II. build of brick, τείχη Id. 4.67.

III. Pass. is variously expld. by Gramm. as to be changed into bricks, built up with bricks, tortured or enslaved, EM 367.43, etc.; to be duped, Hsch., Suid.

IV. πλινθευομένη,ἡ, tax on brickmaking, POxy. 502.44 (ii A. D.).