τοῖχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[wall of a house]] or [[enclosure]], abs., <span class="bibl">Od.2.342</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>130</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἅπαντ' ἐρευνῶν τ</b>. dub. in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>1174</span>; τ. δώματος <span class="bibl">Il.16.212</span>; μεγάροιο <span class="bibl">18.374</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.19.37</span>; <b class="b3">τ. καὶ θριγκοί</b> (of the [[αὐλή]]) <span class="bibl">17.267</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>732</span>; τὸν τῆς αὐλῆς τ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PEnteux.</span>12.3</span> (iii B. C.); [[wall of a temple]], IG12.372.51, al.; οἰκίας <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>574d</span>; ἐν τοῖσι τ. ἔγραφ' Ἀθηναῖοι καλοί <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>144</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>859a</span>; εἰς τὸν τ. ἀντεγγραψάτω <span class="title">IG</span>12.94.24; <b class="b3">νόμους ἀναγράφειν εἰς τοῖχον</b> Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">And.1.84</span>; <b class="b3">κοινοὶ τ</b>. party-[[walls]], <span class="title">OGI</span>483.101, al. (Pergam., ii A. D.); τοίχῳ προσιστάμενοι γυμνάζονται Gal.6.144: of the [[side]] of a tent or hut, <span class="bibl">Il.9.219</span>, <span class="bibl">24.598</span>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ion</span>1158</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b3">τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε</b>, as a term of abuse, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>23.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> pl., [[sides of a ship]], <span class="bibl">Od.12.420</span>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.674</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span> 1573</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.36</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.22.12</span>; τοίχου ἄρχω τοῦ δεξιοῦ <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span>14.3</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">JTr.</span>49</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of other things, as the human body, <b class="b3">εἰς ἀμφοτέρους τοίχους</b> (by metaph. from a ship) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>118</span> (anap.), cf. <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Asin.</span>9</span>; of a cup, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.143.2</span>; of a vessel, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>359a3</span>; of a bath (πύελος), Gal.15.709. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">τοίχους τοὺς δύο ἐπαλείφειν</b> 'to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds', <span class="bibl">Paus.6.3.15</span>, cf. Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[δύο τοίχους; ὁ εὖ πράττων τ]]. 'the snug side of the ship', 'the right side of the hedge', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>537</span> (lyr.); ἐς το'ν εὐτυχῆ τ. χωρεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>89</span>. (Akin to [[τεῖχος]], but used in a special sense; later = [[τεῖχος]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Is.</span>25.12</span>, prob. so in <span class="title">JHS</span>24.39 (Cyzicus).)</span>