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P / pēgma
noun greek

pēgma

gen. pēgmătis · gender neuter · decl. 3rd
a fixture; made of boards
a fixture made of boards, for use or ornament, belonging to a house.
In gen.: atricrum pegmata, Aus. Epigr. 26: in emptionem domus et specularia et… •
In gen.: atricrum pegmata, Aus. Epigr. 26: in emptionem domus et specularia et pegmata cedere solent, Dig. 33, 7, 12.—
in particular
A bookcase
A bookcase, Cic. Att. 4, 8, a fin.—
A piece of wooden machinery in the theatre; which rose and fell; opened and shut of itself •
A piece of wooden machinery in the theatre, which rose and fell, opened and shut of itself, and with which players were suddenly raised aloft, Sen. Ep. 88, 19; Plin. 33, 3, 16, § 53: si automatum vel pegma vel quid tale aliud parum cessisset, Suet. Claud. 34; Phaedr 5, 7, 7; Juv. 4, 122; Mart. 8, 33, 3; Vop. Carin. 19.
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