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α576Ἀετὸς τῶν οἰκοδομημάτωνgable of the buildings… in triangular pediments known as aetoi or aetomata, presumably as resembling the shape of an eagle [aetos] with spread wings" (Nan Dunbar, Aristophanes: Birds, edited with introduction and commentary (Oxford 1995) 592).Matched in noteshighshort

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Ἀετὸς τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων

gable of the buildings

The part at the roof, which some call a pediment [aetoma].

Ἀετὸς τῶν οἰκοδομημάτων· τὸ κατὰ τὸν ὄροφον, ὅ τινες ἀέτωμα καλοῦσιν.