θυρεός

thyreos

stone put against a door

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 3
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Book 9 3
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9240
9313
9340

Dictionary (LSJ)

θυρεός, ὁ, (θύρα) A. stone put against a door to keep it shut, Od. 9.240, 313. II. oblong shield (shaped like a door), PSI 4.428.36 (iii B.C.), Inscr. ap. Plu. Pyrrh. 26, Callix. 2; hence, of the Roman scutum (opp. ἀσπίς,= clipeus), Plb. 2.30.3, 6.23.2, D.H. 4.16, cf.Ep.Eph. 6.16, Apollod. Poliorc. 163.2, Arr. Tact. 3.2, etc. III. disk forming part of καθετήρ, IGΙΙ(2).287 B 68 (Delos, iii B.C.). IV. Math., oval, Procl. in Euc. 1 Deff. 3,8.

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