This library is built in the open.
If you spot an error, have a suggestion, or just want to say hello — we’d love to hear from you.
Vitruvius · 1543

thematismos arrangement of the theme/topic 12.
theodotion a type of stone or pigment 179.
thuroreion porter's lodge/vestibule 160.
I.
idaia Idaean [referring to Mount Ida] 10.
K.
katechountes those echoing/resounding 132.
kanon mousikos musical rule/standard 246.
kausis burning/calcination 180.
klimata inclinations/climatic zones 6.
koilia cavity/belly 202.
kriodoke ram-receiver/socket for a battering ram 256.
kyzikenos Cyzicene [style of hall] 154.
kyklike kinesis circular motion 228.
kyklotes circularity/rotundity 237.
kynosoura dog’s tail [Ursa Minor] 217.
Λ.
logeion speaking place/stage 132.
logos optikos optical theory/discourse 8.
lygos wicker/osier 138.
M.
metoche participation/joint 90.
meros part/member 105.
monas unit/monad 72.
N.
naos embasaseis temple approaches/steps 132.
Ξ.
xysos covered exercise walk 162.
O.
oiax rudder/tiller 237.
oikonomia management/economy 9.
oryges miners/digger-tunnels 258.
Π.
pentamoiron five-part measure 72.
periaktoi revolving side-scenes 131.
peridromoidai colonnaded walks/ambulatories 162. 139.
porikechountes those conveying sound 132.
poriseiton provisioning 12.
periochos enclosure/containing 231.
pinax painting/tablet 247.
pleiades the Pleiades [star cluster] 162.
pneumatikon pertaining to air/wind instrument 228.
posotes quantity 9.
polos pole/pivot 211.
pros ta hypokeimena relative to the underlying things 223.
pros orthas at right angles 221. 222.
prozygeton yoked in front 217.
Σ.
sambyke sambuca [a stringed instrument or siege engine] 144.
skaia left/unlucky 18.
skiatheras shadow-catcher/gnomon 26.
skotinos dark/obscure 38.
stoicheia elements 15.
sochoilon hollow-seated 86.
srix furrow/groove 250.
symphonia concord/harmony 125.
synemmenon connected/conjunct 124.
synechountes those holding together 132.
Τ.
taxis order/arrangement 9.
teleios arithmos perfect number 72.
trochilon pulley/wheel 86.