μέταλλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[mine]], [[quarry]], [[ἁλὸς μέταλλον]] = [[salt-pit]], [[salt-mine]], Hdt.4.185; μέταλλον τετμημένον Hyp.''Eux.''35; μέταλλον παλαιὸν ἀνασάξιμον ''IG'' 22.1582.56: mostly in plural, <b class="b3">χρύσεα καὶ ἀργύρεα μέταλλα</b> [[gold]] and [[silver]] [[mine]]s, Hdt.3.57; <b class="b3">τὰ ἀργύρεια μέταλλα</b>, at [[Laurium]], Th.2.55; [[μέταλλα]] (alone) [[silver mines]], X.''Vect.''4.4; <b class="b3">μαρμάρου μέταλλα</b> [[marble quarries]], Str.9.1.23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[mine]] in siege-operations, πολιορκεῖν διὰ τῶν μ. Plb.16.11.2, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., [[work]], οὐδ' ἐν τοῖς ἀργυρείοις [ἐστί] μοι μ. Alciphr.1.36.<br><span class="bld">II</span> later, [[mineral]], [[metal]], Sammelb.4313 (i/ii A. D.), Ruf. ap. Orib.5.3.21, Nonn.''D.''11.26, Agath.5.9, ''AP''7.363. (On the etym. cf. [[μεταλλάω]].)