1 transformer en briques (de la terre) acc. HDT. 1, 179 ; abs. AR. Nub. 1126 ; LUC. Sacr. 4, etc. ; d’où mouler en forme de briques, AR. Ran. 800 ;
      2 construire en briques, acc. THC. 4, 67 ;

Moy. cuire des briques pour soi, THC. 2, 78.

Étym. πλίνθος.

make into bricks, τὴν γῆν Hdt. 1.179; π. πλίνθους make bricks, LXX Ge. 11.3; abs., make bricks, Ar. Nu. 1126, Ra. 800, PCair. Zen. 633.21, 25 (iii BC), PLond. 1.131.302 (i AD), Luc. Sacr. 4; — Med., Th. 2.78.
build of brick, τείχη Id. 4.67. Pass. is variously expld. by Gramm. as to be changed into bricks, built up with bricks, tortured or enslaved, EM 367.43, etc. ; to be duped, Hsch., Suid. πλινθευομένη, ἡ, tax on brickmaking, POxy. 502.44 (ii AD).

γῆν, Erde zu Ziegeln brauchen, daher Ziegel streichen, brennen, Her. 1.179, aus Ziegeln bauen, Ar. Nub. 1126 ; ἐν ὀρύγματι ἐκαθέζοντο, ὅθεν ἐπλίνθευον τὰ τείχη, Thuc. 4.67, vgl. 2.78, wo das med. eben so gebraucht ist ; Sp., wie Luc. πλινθεύειν ὑπ' ἀπορίας, sacrific. 4. – Auch die Gestalt eines Ziegels oder länglichen Vierecks geben, Ar. Ran. 800. – Suid. erkl. πλινθεύεται auch ἐξαπατᾶται.

1. to make into bricks , τὴν γῆν [Herdotus Historicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]:—;absolute to make bricks , [Aristophanes Comicus (5th/4th c.BC)];—;so in Mid., thuc.
2. to build of brick , τείχη [Aristophanes Comicus (5th/4th c.BC)]
3. to make in the form of a plinth or brick , [Aristophanes Comicus (5th/4th c.BC)]
(ML)