πῆγμα,ατος,τό, (πήγνυμι)
A. anything fastenedorjoined together, framework, of a ship,κέλητος π. AP 5.203 ( Mel. ); τὸ π. τῆς σχεδίας
Ph.Byz. Mir. 4.5
; of a roof, Annuario 6 / 7.450 ;θύρα κέλλας, στοὰ σὺν πήγμασι, POxy. 2146.9 , 12
(iii A. D.);τὸ τῶν ὀστέων π. LXX 4 Ma. 9.21 ;τὸ πιοειδὲς π. Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.33.5 .
2. stageorscaffoldused in theatres, Str. 6.2.6 , J. AJ 14.15.5 , BJ 7.5.5 , Juv. 4.122 , Suet. Claud. 34 , etc.
3. bookcase, Cic. Att. 4.8.2 .
4. metaph.,π. γενναίως παγέν(Aurat. forπῆμα)bondin honour bound, A. Ag. 1198 ; but alsoτὸ τῆς ὅλης π. σοφίας fabric, Ph. 1.536 .
II. anything congealed,τὸ π. τῆς χιόνοςfrozen snow, Plb. 3.55.5 ;τὸ π. τῆς τροφῆς, i. e. fat, Ruf. Onom. 215 ;solid mass,ἔστη π., of the waters of Jordan, LXX Jo. 3.16 .
III. that which makes to curdle, as rennet does milk, Arist. HA 516a4 .