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  "headword": "τεῖχος",
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          "definition": "<i>wall,</i> esp. <i>city-wall,</i> Ἰλιόφι κλυτὰ τείχεα Il. 21.295, cf. 446, Od. 6.9, al.; of the <i>embankment</i> round the ships, τάφρος Δαναῶν καὶ τ. ὕπερθεν Il. 12.4, cf. 25 sqq.; τ. ἐς ἀμφίχυτον (of heapedup earth) 20.145; Κιμμέρια τ. <i>earthworks,</i> Hdt. 4.12; but τ. λάϊνα E. Tr. 1087 (lyr.), cf. Th. 1.93, etc.; λίθοις οὓς ἔλιπον εἰς τὸ τ. ἀναλίσκοντες IG 1(2).81.9; ξύλινον τεῖχος exceptionally, Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141, cf. 8.51, 9.65, Th. 2.75, X. HG 1.3.4, Orac. ap. Ar. Eq. 1040 ( Pi. uses this phrase for <i>a funeral pile,</i> P. 3.38); τ. χάλκεον Od. 10.3; τ. σιδηροῦν, τείχη χαλκᾶ καὶ ἀδαμάντινα, Ar. Eq. 1046, Aeschin. 3.84; τειχέων κιθῶνες coats <i>of walls,</i> i.e. walls one within the other, Hdt. 7.139; τεῖχος ἐλαύνειν, v. ἐλαύνω III.2; τ. ἔδειμαν Il. 7.436; οἰκοδομέειν Hdt. 1.98, cf. Ar. Av. 1132, etc. ( τ. οἰκοδομήσασθαι to build oneself <i>walls,</i> Th. 7.11); τ. ἄξειν Id. 6.99; τὰ τ. στῆσαι D. 20.74; τ. περιβάλλειν ταῖς πόλεσι Arist. Pol. 1331a3; τ. περιβαλέσθαι build <i>walls</i> round oneʼs city, Hdt. 1.141, cf. Th. 1.8, etc. (also τ. περιβαλέσθαι τὴν πόλιν Hdt. 1.163:—hence Pass., τεῖχος περιβεβλημένος having a <i>wall</i> round it, Pl. Tht. 174e; τείχη περιβεβλημένοι, of citizens, Arist. Pol. 1331a8); but also νῆσον περιβάλλεσθαι τείχει surround oneʼs island with <i>walls,</i> Pl. Criti. 116a; τ. ῥήξασθαι breach the <i>wall,</i> Il. 12.90, cf. 257; τεῖχος ἀναρρήξας 7.461; so in Prose, τ. διαιρεῖν, περιαιρέειν, κατελεῖν κατασκάψαι, etc., Th. 2.75, Hdt. 6.46, 48, Th. 4.109, etc.",
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                "quote": "Ἰλιόφι κλυτὰ τείχεα",
                "ref": "Il. 21.295",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τάφρος Δαναῶν καὶ τ. ὕπερθεν",
                "ref": "Il. 12.4",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.4"
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τ. λάϊνα",
                "ref": "E. Tr. 1087",
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-136701",
              "data": {
                "quote": "λίθοις οὓς ἔλιπον εἰς τὸ τ. ἀναλίσκοντες",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τ. χάλκεον",
                "ref": "Od. 10.3",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τ. ἔδειμαν",
                "ref": "Il. 7.436",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "οἰκοδομέειν",
                "ref": "Hdt. 1.98",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τ. ἄξειν",
                "ref": "Id. 6.99",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τὰ τ. στῆσαι",
                "ref": "D. 20.74",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-136707",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τ. περιβάλλειν ταῖς πόλεσι",
                "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1331a3",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-136708",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τ. περιβαλέσθαι τὴν πόλιν",
                "ref": "Hdt. 1.163",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-136709",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τεῖχος ἀναρρήξας",
                "ref": "7.461",
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "τὰ μακρὰ τ., at Athens, lines of wall connecting the city-wall ( ὁ περίβολος) and the harbours, Th. 2.13; they were called respectively τὸ βόρειον or Peiraic, and τὸ νότιον or Phaleric wall ( Pl. R. 439e, Aeschin. 2.173, 174), cf. σκέλος II: an intermediate wall ( τὸ διὰ μέσου τ. Pl. Grg. 455e) ran parallel to the northern, which was therefore called also τὸ ἔξωθεν, Th. 2.13: the quarter inside the walls is sts. called τὸ μακρὸν τ. <i>Long Wall,</i> And. 1.45.",
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            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>fortification, castle, fort,</i> Pi. Fr. 213, Hdt. 3.14, 91, etc.",
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              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>walled, fortified town</i> or <i>city,</i> Id. 9.41, 115, X. Cyr. 7.5.13, etc.",
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            {
              "label": "IV",
              "definition": "<i>wall</i> of a temple, PEleph. 20.52 (iii B.C.); of a house, PHamb. 15.8 (iii A.D.), PStrassb. 9.8 (iv A.D.), etc. (Cf. Skt. dehmi ‘anoint, smear, plaster’, Goth. digan ‘mould, create (= πλάσσω)ʼ, daigs ‘dough’, Lat. fingo, figura, Osc. feihúss ‘walls’, etc.)",
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