[79] νῶτον, a back, and hence, any wide, flat surface.

[80] μύρμηξ, the ant; here the silkworm.

[81] οὐρίαχος. Used in Homer of the butt end of a spear; hence long narrow glass lamps. See our [Fig. 17].

[82] ἐπακτρίς, a small row-boat.

[83] See Du Cange, S. Sophia, § 70.

[84] Called ὀπισθάμβωνος εὐχή, the “back” of the ambo.

[85] Ed. Bonn, p. 74. See also our page [79].

[86] See Nicetas also on our p. [75].

[87] La Messe., Art. “Ambon,” vol. iii., p. 9.

[88] Hopf, Chroniques Gréco-Romanes, p. 96.