A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), ECHI´NUS

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ECHI´NUS

ECHI´NUS (ἐχῖνος), the hedgehog or sea-urchin, the name of things having a similar shape.

1. A pot or pitcher (Hesych. sub voce Pollux, 6.91; Hor. Sat. 1.6, 117, 2.8, 52).

2. The casket, probably of a cylindrical shape, in which documents were sealed up between the ἀνάκρισις and the trial [DIKÉ, p. 630 a].

3. In Doric architecture, the ovolo or convex part of the capital immediately beneath the abacus (Vitr. 4.3 and 7). See illustrations, pp. 3 a, 490.

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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. William Smith, LLD. William Wayte. G. E. Marindin. Albemarle Street, London. John Murray. 1890.

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William Smith, LLD, William Wayte, G. E. Marindin, Ed.