[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.