πλίνθος, ἡ,
rarely πλίνθον, τό (see. below 11.1), brick, whether sun- or fire-baked, πλίνθοι ὀπταί [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.180, 186, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 552, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.4.12, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 153, “PAmh.” 2.99 (a) 9 (2nd c.AD), etc.] Refs 7th c.BC+]; π. κεραμεαῖ, γήϊναι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.7, 7.8.14 (opposed to ὠμὴ π. 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.8.7)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλίνθους ἑλκύσαι, εἰρύσαι, make bricks, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.179, 2.136 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀπτᾶν bake them, [[ [prev. author] 1.179 ] Refs]; δόμοι πλίνθου (in collective sense) layers of brick, [[[prev. passage],compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.20 (_plural_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πλίνθους ἐπιτιθέναι, of torture by pressing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 621: proverbial, π. πλύνειν,] Refs 5th c.BC+] of useless trouble, [[ “Comica Adespota” 891, 2nd c.AD: Zenobius Paroemiographus 6.48; ὕδατι νίζειν θολερὰν διαειδέϊ π. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 16.62. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__II any brick-shaped body,
__II.1 stone squared for building, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.372.10, +others: _plural_ πλίνθα] Refs] squared blocks of marble, [[ “Sardis” 7(1) No.93.3. ] Refs]
__II.2 ingot of gold or silver, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.27.12, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cont.” 12 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; of lead, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.88] Refs 1st c.AD+]; metal plate let into a threshold, [[ “SIG” 247i22 (Delph., 4th c.BC), “IG” 42(1).102.73 (Epid., 4th c.BC). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]