The corpus record — Latin

orthostata

orthostata · m

the facing of a wall

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Where it lives

De Architectura 2 · 0.35/10k

What it meant

orthostăta — Lewis & Short

orthostăta, ae, m., = o)rqosta/ths (that stands upright), in archit.,

I the facing of a wall (pure Lat. frons), Vitr. 2, 8; 10, 19 fin. († orthrăgŏriscus, i, m., = o)rqragori/skos, v. l. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 9, § 19, for orthagoriscus, q. v.)

In the wild

orthostatas Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.8.4
orthostatas Vitruvius, De Architectura 2.8.4

Where it came from

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