πλινθίς

ίδος, ἡ
A. stone cut in the shape of a brick, IG 22.1668.26.
2. square or check, Callix. 1.
b. = πλινθίον 111.1, for a kind of cross-word puzzle, Puchstein Epigr.Gr. p.7, PMag.Par. 1.1305.
3. sundial, Plu. 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 11.1, Corp.Herm. 16.13.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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