wall

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substantive

P. and V. τεῖχος, τό.

wall of a house: P. and V. τοῖχος, ὁ, Ar. and P. τειχίον, τό.

Cyclopean walls: V. Κυκλώπων βάθρα, τά (Euripides, Hercules Furens 944), Κυκλώπια, τά (Euripides, Hercules Furens 998; cp. also Hercules Furens 15).

cross wall: P. παρατείχισμα, τό, ὑποτείχισμα, τό.

build a cross wall: P. ἐγκάρσιον τεῖχος ἄγειν (Thuc. 6, 99).

go to the wall, v. met.: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι.

verb transitive

Ar. and P. τειχίζειν.

wall in: Ar. and P. διατειχίζειν, περιτειχίζειν.

wall off: Ar. and P. ἀποτειχίζειν, P. διοικοδομεῖν.

some were even walled up in the temple of Dionysus and left to die: P. οἱ δέ τινες καὶ περιοικοδομηθέντες ἐν τοῦ Διονύσου τῷ ἱερῷ ἀπέθανον (Thuc. 3, 81).

wall round: Ar. and P. περιτειχίζειν.