plinthus (-os), i, m. and f., = πλίνθος (a tile).
I In archit., the large flat member under the inferior moulding of a column , the base , plinth , Vitr. 3, 3; 4, 7, 3.—
II In land-surveying, a tile-shaped figure , containing a hundred acres of land : quae centuriae nunc appellantur plinthi, id est laterculi, Hyg. Condit. Agror. p. 205 Goes.