Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
periaktos . - noun A device for changing
scenery in atheatre . A row ofadjacent , three-sidedcolumns form a backdrop to the stage and are turned in unison to show a different face.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek περίακτοι (periaktoi), masculine plural of περίακτος (periaktos, "revolving, pivoting"), from περιάγω (periagō, "I turn round").
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Examples
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Beyond are spaces provided for decoration -- places that the Greeks call [Greek: periaktoi], because in these places are triangular pieces of machinery ([Greek: D, D]) which revolve, each having three decorated faces.
The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio
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