δρύφακτ-ος[ῠ],ὁ,laterτρύφακτος
BCH 35.23 (Delos,iv B. C.), OGI 598.3 (Jerusalem), Hdn.Gr. 2.595 :—
A. railingorlatticed partition,serving asthe barof the courts of law, the council-chamber, etc., Ar. V. 380 : mostly in pl., ὑπερεπήδων τοὺς δ.
Id. Eq. 675
; ὑπὸ τοῖς δ.
Id. V. 386
;ἐπὶ τοῖς δ.ib. 552 , X HG 2.3.55 : sg., δρυφάκτου τρόπῳ
Apollod. Poliorc. 172.1
.
2. hand-rail,
Plb. 1.22.6 , 10 .
3. balcony,
Arist. Ath. 50.2 :—writtenδρύφρακτοι, Lib. Or. 11.217 . (By dissim. forδρύ-φρακτος(φράσσω), cf. Lib. l. c., Hellad. ap. Sch. Orib. 2p.746D. , Sch. Ar. Eq. l. c.)