δοκός,ἡ, later alsoὁ, Luc. VH 2.1 : (δέχομαι):—
A. bearing-beam, main beam,esp. in the roof or floor of a house, Od. 22.176 , Ar. Nu. 1496 ; anybalkorbeam,
Il. 17.744 , Th. 4.112 ;barof a gate or door, Ar. V. 201 : also, in pl.,firewood,
PFlor. 127.5
(iii A. D.): prov., ὁ τὴν δοκὸν φέρων one who has 'swallowed a poker',
Arist. Rh. 1413b28
;ἐν δοκοῖσιis prob. f. l. for ἐνδόκοισι in Archil. 66.3 , cf. Hsch.
s.v. ἔνδοκος.
II. a kind ofmeteor,
Plin. HN 2.96 , Lyd. Ost. 10b , Hsch. ; cf. δοκεύς, δοκίας, δοκίς
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