λατομία
λᾱτομ-ία, ἡ,
A). quarrying of stone, (iii B.C.), 71.7 IG 42(1).102.17 (Epid.); τῷ στρώματι ib. 40 : mostly in pl., = quarries, ap. Ap. 1.26 , , 8.5.7 AP 11.253 ( ); of the quarries at Syracuse used as a prison, ; also in sg., 2.334c PCair.Zen. 176.215 (iii B.C.).