Scaife ATLAS

τέμενος τέμενος, ος, εος, τό, τέμνω III. 2 a piece of land cut off, assigned as a domain to kings and chiefs, Hom. a piece of land dedicated to a god, the sacred precincts, Hom.: in it stood the temple, Hdt.:—metaph., the sacred valley of the Nile is the τέμ. Νείλοιο, Pind.; the Acropolis is the ἱερὸν τ. of Pallas, Ar.

ShortDef

a piece of land cut off, assigned as a domain

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Headword:

τέμενος

Headword (normalized):

τέμενος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

τεμενος

IDX:

32358

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n32395

Key:

te/menos

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