μέταλλον: Difference between revisions

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