small brick,
πλινθ-ίον,τό, Dim. of
πλίνθος,
A. small brick,
Th. 6.88 , X. Cyr. 7.1.24 ; of gold, IG 22.1377.13 .
II.
= πλαίσιον :
1. squareof troops, Hell.Oxy. 7.2 , Plu. Crass. 23 , Arr. Tact. 11.5 , 29.8 ; τάξας τὴν στρατιὰν ἐν πλινθίῳ
J. AJ 13.4.4
.
2. sundial,
Vitr. 9.8.1 .
3. a bandage,
= ἡμιρρόμβιον , Gal. 18(1).798 , cf. Heraclasap. Orib. 48.13.1 .
b. machineinvented by Nileus for reducing dislocations, Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.7 .
4. rectangular box,
Bito 60.2 .
III. checker-board,
Poll. 9.98 .
2. table of numbers divided into squares,
Vett.Val. 321.1 : hence, = διάγραμμα , of a musical scale, Ph. 1.27 .
3. pl.,=Lat.regiones caeli, fieldsinto which the Augurs divided thetemplumof the heavens, Plu. Cam. 32 , Rom. 22 .
4. squaresorchecksof tartan, D.S. 5.30 .
5. front frameof a torsion-engine, Ph. Bel. 60.6 , Hero Bel. 81.10 ; also,caseorchamberin which mechanism is fitted, Id. Aut. 5.3 .
6. generally,rectangle,
Str. 2.5.36 , PMag.Lond. 46.349 , 361 .
