- Wall
- subs.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 (Eur., H. F. 944), Κυκλώπια, τά (Eur., H. F. 998; cp. also H. F. 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.——————v. trans.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.
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language. 2014.