πῆγμα, ατος, τό,
(πήγνυμι) anything fastened or joined together, framework, of a ship, κέλητος π. [[“Anthologia Graeca” 5.203 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus); τὸ π. τῆς σχεδίας Philo Byzantius Paradoxographus “de Septem Miraculis” 4.5 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of a roof, [[ “Annuario” 6/7.450 ] Refs]; θύρα κέλλας, στοὰ σὺν πήγμασι, [[ “POxy.” 2146.9, 12 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; τὸ τῶν ὀστέων π. [[ LXX.4Mac.9.21 ] LXX]; τὸ πιοειδὲς π. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.33.5. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 stage or scaffold used in theatres, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 6.2.6, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 14.15.5, “BJ” 7.5.5, 1st c.AD: Juvenalis, D. Junius Poeta Latinus 4.122, 2nd c.AD: Suetonius Grammaticus et Historicus Latinus “Claud.” 34, etc. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 bookcase, [[ 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 4.8.2. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 metaphorically, π. γενναίως παγέν (Aurat. for πῆμα) bond in honour bound, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1198 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also τὸ τῆς ὅλης π. σοφίας fabric, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.536. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II anything congealed, τὸ π. τῆς χιόνος frozen snow, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.55.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ π. τῆς τροφῆς, i. e. fat, [[ 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 215 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; solid mass, ἔστη π., of the waters of Jordan, [[ LXX.Josh.3.16. ] LXX]