ἔρυμα
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → For extreme diseases, extreme methods of cure, as to restriction, are most suitable.
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (ἐρύω Β)
A fence, guard, ἔ. χροός, of defensive armour, Il.4.137 ; of a cloak, Hes.Op.536 ; θώρακας, ἐρύματα σωμάτων X.Cyr.4.3.9 ; ἔ. νιφετοῦ a defence against.., Call.Fr.142 ; τὸ ἔ. τοῦ τείχεος the defence given by it, Hdt.7.223,225 ; περιβαλέσθαι ἕρκος, ἔ. τῶν νεῶν Id.9.96, cf. Th.8.40 ; ἔ. Τρώων the wall of Troy, S.Aj.467 ; ἔ. λίθοις ὤρθωσαν a breast-work, Th.6.66 ; ἔ. τειχίζεσθαι, τειχίζειν, Id.1.11, X.HG2.3.46 ; also of a river or trench used as a military defence, Id.An.2.4.22. 2 safeguard or defence, ἔ. χώρας, of the Areopagus, A.Eu.701 ; παῖδας ἔ. δώμασι E.Med.597 ; ἔ. πολεμίας χερός against.., ib.1322 ; ἔ. χθονὸς ὄφρα βάλοιτο Call.Hec.1.2.8.
