unhewn
unhewn
adj.
P. οὐ συνειργασμένος (Thuc. 1.93), V. ἀσκέπαρνος, ἄξεστος.
There was an old fort there made of unhewn stones: P. ἔρυμα αὐτόθι ἦν παλαιὸν λίθων λογάδην πεποιημένον (Thuc. 4.31).
adj.
P. οὐ συνειργασμένος (Thuc. 1.93), V. ἀσκέπαρνος, ἄξεστος.
There was an old fort there made of unhewn stones: P. ἔρυμα αὐτόθι ἦν παλαιὸν λίθων λογάδην πεποιημένον (Thuc. 4.31).
UNHEWN
rudis (general term for what is in its rough natural state): infabricatus (of timber; Verg. Aen. 4 400). Unhewn stone saxum caementicium (opposed to saxum quadratum Vitr.).
rudis (general term for what is in its rough natural state): infabricatus (of timber; Verg. Aen. 4 400). Unhewn stone saxum caementicium (opposed to saxum quadratum Vitr.).
unhewn: rŭdis, e (unwrought): u. marble, r. marmor, Quint. 2, 19, 3. (Caementum, usu. pl., and saxum caementicium, denote rough stone and chips of stone from the quarry, used both for building walls, and oftener, for filling up the interior of a structure, while the exterior was finished off with dressed stone, saxum quadratum). (Infabricatus occurs only Virg. Aen. 4, 400, and should not be used in prose.)