μηνίσκος, ὁ,
diminutive of μείς, lunar crescent, [[ 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 34. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II any crescent-shaped body, especially
__II.1 covering to protect the head of statues, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1114. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 Geometry texts, crescent-shaped figure, lune, used in finding areas, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 69a33, “SE” 171b15, 172a3, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] “*Deff.” 36; ὁ διὰ τῶν μ. τετραγωνισμός [[ 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 55.26. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__II.3 crescent-shaped line of battle, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.115.5. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.4 neck-ornament, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).147 B 10 (Delos, 4th c.BC), LXX.Isa.3.19, LXX.Judg.8.21, “PRyl.” 125.17 (1st c.AD). ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__II.5 = olla, [[“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”] Refs]