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