καιάδας,
ου, Dor.
α,
ὁ,
A). a pit or
underground cavern at Sparta, into which state-prisoners or their corpses were thrown,
Th. 1.134 ,
Paus. 4.18.4 :—the forms
καιάτας and
καιέτας are found in
Eust. 1478.45 :— also
καιετός,
ὁ,
fissure produced by earthquake,
Str. 8.5.7 : hence
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