ἔρυμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=-ατος, τό, ([[ἐρύω]] Β)<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fence]], [[guard]], <b class="b3">ἔρυμα χροός</b>, of [[defensive]] [[armour]], Il.4.137; of a [[cloak]], Hes.''Op.''536; θώρακας, ἐρύματα σωμάτων [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.3.9; ἔρυμα νιφετοῦ a defence against.., Call.''Fr.''142; <b class="b3">τὸ ἔρυμα τοῦ τείχεος</b> the [[defence]] given by it, Hdt.7.223,225; περιβαλέσθαι [[ἕρκος]], ἔρυμα τῶν νεῶν Id.9.96, cf. Th.8.40; <b class="b3">ἔρυμα Τρώων</b> the [[wall]] of [[Troy]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''467; ἔρυμα λίθοις ὤρθωσαν = a [[breast-work]], Th.6.66; <b class="b3">ἔρυμα τειχίζεσθαι, ἔρυμα τειχίζειν</b>, Id.1.11, X.''HG''2.3.46; also of a [[river]] or [[trench]] used as a [[military]] [[defence]], Id.''An.''2.4.22.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[safeguard]] or [[defence]], <b class="b3">ἔρυμα χώρας</b>, of the [[Areopagus]], A.''Eu.''701; παῖδας ἔ. δώμασι E.''Med.''597; <b class="b3">ἔρυμα πολεμίας χερός</b> against.., ib.1322; ἔρυμα χθονὸς ὄφρα βάλοιτο Call.''Hec.''1.2.8.