δοκός, ἡ,
later also ὁ, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “VH” 2.1] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: (δέχομαι):— bearing-beam, main beam, especially in the roof or floor of a house, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.176, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1496 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; any balk or beam, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.744, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.112 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; bar of a gate or door, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 201 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also, in plural, firewood, [[ PFlor. 127.5 (3rd c.AD): proverbial, ὁ τὴν δοκὸν φέρων ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]one who has 'swallowed a poker', [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1413b28 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν δοκοῖσι is probably falsa lectio for{ἐνδόκοισι} in [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 66.3, compare 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {ἔνδοκος}. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II a kind of meteor, [[ 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 2.96, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “de Ostentis” 10b, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus; compare δοκεύς, δοκίας, δοκίς 11. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]