ἐξώστρα
ἐξώστρα, stage-machine
ἐξ-ώστρα, ἡ,
- stage-machine identified with the ἐκκύκλημα (q. v.) by Hsch. and Poll. 4.127, but distd. from it, ib. 129: metaph., τῆς τύχης ἐπὶ τὴν ἐ. ἀναβιβαζούσης τὴν ὑμετέραν ἄγνοιαν Plb. 11.5.8:—also ἔξ-ωστρον, τό, IG ΙΙ(2).199A 95 (pl., Delos, iii B. C.).
- II bridge thrust out from the besiegers’ tower against the walls of the besieged place, Lat. exostra, Veget. de Re Milit. 4.21.
- III balcony, Sm. 4 Ki. 1.2; = Lat. maenianum, Gloss.
ἐξώστρα, ας (ἡ)
1 machine de théâtre, analogue à l’ἐκκύκλημα, fig. Pol. 11, 6, 8 ||
2 balcon, Symm. 4 Reg. 1, 2.
Étym. ἐξωθέω.
ἐξώστρα, ἡ, eine Theatermaschine, wie das ἐκκύκλημα, Poll. 4.128 ; übertr., Pol. 11.6.8 τῆς τύχης ἐπὶ τὴν ἐξ. ἀναβιβαζούσης τὴν ὑμετέραν ἄγνοιαν, wie auf dem Theater kund machen.