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κ1047Κατήλιφαroof-beam, ladder, upper storey… lexica: Hesychius s.v. kath=liy and meso/dmh; Photius s.v. kath=liy; and Pollux 7. 123. It denotes a horizontal construction in the upper part (roof) of a house or a ship (e.g, a storage shelf supported …Matched in noteshighshort

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Κατήλιφα

roof-beam, ladder, upper storey

[Meaning] tie-beam. Aristophanes [writes]: "we jumped straight up on to the roof-beam."

Κατήλιφα· μεσόδμην. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἐπὶ τὴν κατήλιφ' εὐθὺς ἀνεπηδήσαμεν.