ἐξώστρα
ἐξ-ώστρα, ἡ,
A). stage-machine identified with the ἐκκύκλημα (q. v.) by and , but distd. from it, ib. 4.127 129 : metaph., τῆς τύχης ἐπὶ τὴν ἐ. ἀναβιβαζούσης τὴν ὑμετέραν ἄγνοιαν :—also 11.5.8 ἔξ-ωστρον, τό, IG 11(2).199 A 95 (pl., Delos, iii B. C.).
II). bridge thrust out from the besiegers' tower against the walls of the besieged place, Lat. exostra, Veget.de Re Milit. 4.21 .
III). balcony, 4 Ki. 1.2 ; = Lat. maenianum,