κύρβεις,εων,αἱ, Ar. Av. 1354 , Lys. 30.20 , etc.;οἱ, Cratin. 274 (butταῖςcodd. of Plu. Sol. 25 ), Arist. Ath. 7.1 , Euph. 6 :
A.
κύρβιες
AP 4.4
( Agath. ); acc. pl. κύρβιας
A.R. 4.280
, AP 4.3b . 37 ( Agath. ): sg.,v.infr. 111 , acc. κύρβιν
Nonn. D. 12.55
; dat.κύρβιδιib. 37 : (perh. akin toκόρυμβος): —at Athens,triangular tablets, forming a three-sided pyramid, turning on a pivot, upon which the early laws were inscribed, Cratin. l.c., Ar.l.c., Pl. Plt. 298e , Lys. 30.17 , Arist. l. c.; described as being of wood, Plu. l. c.; of bras, Sch. Ar. l. c.; of stone, Apollod. Fr. Hist. 107 (a) J. ; by some identified withἄξονες, Eratosth. ap. Sch. A.R. 4.280 , Plu. l.c.; by others distd. from them, Ar.Byz. ap. EM 547.52 , Sch. A.R. l.c., AB 274 , Hsch.
II. later, of allpillarsortablets with inscriptions, Pl. l.c., Porph. Abst. 2.21 ; of maps, A.R. l.c.; of wall-pictures, Nonn. D. 12.32 ;κ. γηραλέαι, of Homer's poems, AP 15.36 (Cometas), cf. 4.4 ( Agath. ): metaph., thepillarsof Heracles, ib. 4.3b . 37 (Id.).
III. in sg., metaph., of the Spartan scytale, Achae. 19 ; ofa pettifogging lawyer, as ifa walking statutebook, Ar. Nu. 448 (anap.);κ. ἑταιρικῶν κακῶν, of aἑταίρα, Aristaenet. 1.17 , cf. Zen. 4.77 .