The corpus record

θρᾶνος

thranos · ὁ

bench, form

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What it meant — LSJ

bench, form

bench, form, Ar. Pl. 545 (gen. θράνους codd., θράνου Poll.).

2 close-stool

close-stool, Hp. ap. Gal. 19.104.

Archit.,

1 wooden beam, beams

wooden beam, ὅσα κατέρρωγεν τοῦ τείχους ἐνδήσει θράνοις IG 2(2).463.75; θράνους ἐπιθήσει διανεκεῖς, of beams supporting floors, ib. 1668.81, cf. 1672.208.

2 top course

ὁ θ. τοῦ νεώ the top course of masonry in a temple, ib. 11(2).161A 49 (Delos, iii B.C.); θ. ποικίλος PCair.Zen. 445.5(iii B.C.).

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.

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