πλαίσῐ-ον, τό, = πλινθίον, πλινθεῖον (qq.v.), oblong case
or frame
used in moulding bricks and in measuring, Ar.Ra.800 (pl.), Pl.Com. 147; χιτωνίσκος ἐμ π. in an oblong box
, IG22.1514.13, al., cf. BCH28.165 (Delos); κεκρυφάλους τρεῖς ἐμ π. IG22.1522.18; oblong scaffold
or platform
, Plu.Alex.67: pl., of the frames
enclosing Solon's ἄξονες, Id.Sol.25; of frames
in roof-panelling, IG12.372E2,al., Inscr.Délos 504A13,15 (iii B. C.). II. hollow rectangle
, ἐν π. τετάχθαι Th.7.78, cf. 6.67, X.An.1.8.9; = ἐν ἑτερομήκει σχήματι, Ael.Tact.37.8, Arr. Tact.29.7; ἰσόπλευρον π. X.An.3.4.19, Arr.An.4.5.6; [Σμύρνα] ἀνέχει ἐν π. Aristid.Or.23(42).20; of the shape of the Acropolis of Alexandria, Aphth.Prog.12. III. εἰς τὰ π. prob. f.l. for εἰς τὰ πλάγια in D.C.40.2.