1. γεῖσον · geison — Beekes
The corpus record
γεῖσ-ον
geison
projecting part of the roof, cornice
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Where it lives
- Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
- Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
What it meant
2. γεῖσον · geison — Chantraine
3. γεῖσ-ον · geis-on — LSJ
projecting part of the roof, cornice, IG 2(2).463.51, Thphr. Sign. 18 (pl.), Demetr. Eloc. 108 (pl.): in pl., of the stones composing it, IG 1(2).372.152; γ. καταιέτια ib. 2.1054.39.
coping of a wall, E. Or. 1570, 1620, Ph. 1158, 1180.
metaph., hem or border of a garment, Ar. Fr. 762; γεῖσα ὀφρύων Poll. 2.49.
In the wild
- γεῖσα · geisa Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 1056)
- γεῖσα · geisa Euripides, Orestes (DIORISIS sentence 1125)
- γεῖσα · geisa Euripides, Phoenissae *)/aggelos.1180 (DIORISIS sentence 686)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.