wall
wall
subs.
P. and V. τεῖχος, τό.
Wall of a house: P. and V. τοῖχος, ὁ, Ar. and P. τειχίον, τό.
Cyclopean walls: V. Κυκλώπων βάθρα, τά (Eur. H. F. 944), Κυκλώπια, τά (Eur. H. F. 998; cp. also H. F. 15).
Cross wall: P. παρατείχισμα, τό, ὑποτείχισμα, τό.
Build a cross wall: P. ἐγκάρσιον τεῖχος ἄγειν (Thuc. 6.99).
Go to the wall, v. met.: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι.
subs.
P. and V. τεῖχος, τό.
Wall of a house: P. and V. τοῖχος, ὁ, Ar. and P. τειχίον, τό.
Cyclopean walls: V. Κυκλώπων βάθρα, τά (Eur. H. F. 944), Κυκλώπια, τά (Eur. H. F. 998; cp. also H. F. 15).
Cross wall: P. παρατείχισμα, τό, ὑποτείχισμα, τό.
Build a cross wall: P. ἐγκάρσιον τεῖχος ἄγειν (Thuc. 6.99).
Go to the wall, v. met.: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι.
wall
v. trans.
Ar. and P. τειχίζειν.
Wall in: Ar. and P. διᾰτειχίζειν, περῐτειχίζειν.
Wall off: Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποτειχίζειν, P. διοικοδομεῖν.
Some were even walled up in the temple of Dionysus and left to die: P. οἱ δέ τινες καὶ περιοικοδομηθέντες ἐν τοῦ Διονύσου τῷ ἱερῷ ἀπέθανον (Thuc. 3.81).
Wall round: Ar. and P. περῐτειχίζειν.
v. trans.
Ar. and P. τειχίζειν.
Wall in: Ar. and P. διᾰτειχίζειν, περῐτειχίζειν.
Wall off: Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποτειχίζειν, P. διοικοδομεῖν.
Some were even walled up in the temple of Dionysus and left to die: P. οἱ δέ τινες καὶ περιοικοδομηθέντες ἐν τοῦ Διονύσου τῷ ἱερῷ ἀπέθανον (Thuc. 3.81).
Wall round: Ar. and P. περῐτειχίζειν.
WALL
s. murus (any wall or single part of a wall; in libidines effusa to be wanton like our “walls ” it denotes a wall of great circumference; and figuratively both sing. and plur. it is = a defence bulwark): moenia (walls round a town; hence also other buildings which furnish protection): maceria (the proper word of fences made of weaker materials as mud brush-wood etc. about gardens country-houses vineyards woods etc): paries (a partition wall in a house or other large building): propugnacula -orum nominative plur. (bulwarks); propugnacula murique (also figuratively = protection): old ruinous walls parietinae: a stone wall murus lapideus: a brick wall murus latericius: to build a wall murum exstruere aedificare; parietem ducere: to lay the foundation of a wall murum instruere (Vid: commentators on Nep. Them. 6 4): to surround a town with walls urbem moenibus cingere; urbem moenibus circumdare or circumdare urbi moenia: a breach in a wall munimentorum ruinae; jacentis muri ruinae: to make a breach in a wall tormentis et arietum pulsu muros quatere; muros arietibus quatere or ferire; tormentis machinisque perfringere ac subruere muros; muri partem ariete incusso subruere: there was already a considerable breach in the walls muri pars ariete incusso subruta multis jam locis prociderat: to enter a town through a breach in the wall per apertum ruina iter in urbem invadere; per ruinas jacentis muri in urbem transcendere: to repair a breach in the walls (in haste) muros quassos raptim obstructis saxis reficere.
s. murus (any wall or single part of a wall; in libidines effusa to be wanton like our “walls ” it denotes a wall of great circumference; and figuratively both sing. and plur. it is = a defence bulwark): moenia (walls round a town; hence also other buildings which furnish protection): maceria (the proper word of fences made of weaker materials as mud brush-wood etc. about gardens country-houses vineyards woods etc): paries (a partition wall in a house or other large building): propugnacula -orum nominative plur. (bulwarks); propugnacula murique (also figuratively = protection): old ruinous walls parietinae: a stone wall murus lapideus: a brick wall murus latericius: to build a wall murum exstruere aedificare; parietem ducere: to lay the foundation of a wall murum instruere (Vid: commentators on Nep. Them. 6 4): to surround a town with walls urbem moenibus cingere; urbem moenibus circumdare or circumdare urbi moenia: a breach in a wall munimentorum ruinae; jacentis muri ruinae: to make a breach in a wall tormentis et arietum pulsu muros quatere; muros arietibus quatere or ferire; tormentis machinisque perfringere ac subruere muros; muri partem ariete incusso subruere: there was already a considerable breach in the walls muri pars ariete incusso subruta multis jam locis prociderat: to enter a town through a breach in the wall per apertum ruina iter in urbem invadere; per ruinas jacentis muri in urbem transcendere: to repair a breach in the walls (in haste) muros quassos raptim obstructis saxis reficere.
v. murum exstruere aedificare: parietem ducere (to build a wall): murum excitare educere (to build to a great height as a tower etc.). To wall six feet high murum in altitudinem sex pedum perducere: to wall round muro cingere circumdare: to wall up saxis condudere. ☞ Saxis obstruere is = block up barricade.
wall (subs.):
1. mūrus (the most gen. word; in sing. of any line of wall, whether across country, round a town, or of the outer wall of a house: in plur. of city walls): Caesar builds a wall across from L. Leman to Mt. Jura, Caesar perducit murum a lacu Lemano ad montem Juram, Caes. B. G. 1, 8: the w. of a town, murus oppidi, id. B. G. 7, 46: about the house w. I have given orders to Philotimus, de muro imperavi Philotimo, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 7: buildings not with common partition w.s, but each with its own outer w., aedificia non communione parietum sed propriis quaeque muris, Tac. A. 15, 43: the w.s of a city, muri urbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 94. Fig.: be this your brazen w., hic murus aeneus esto, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 60: laws the bulwarks and w.s of quietness, leges propugnacula murique tranquillitatis, Cic. Pis. 4, 9.
2. moenia, ium (w.s of a town, ramparts): most lofty w.s, altissima moenia, Caes. B. C. 3, 80: to fence with w.s, urbem m. sepire, Cic. Sest. 42, 91. Fig.: w.s (sides) of a ship, moenia navis, Ov. M. 11, 532: w.s of the world, moenia mundi, Lucr. 1, 73.
3. mācĕria (a low w. of mud, rough stones, or the like; such as bound the fields in North Wales or Yorkshire): a w. without mortar, of rough stones and flint, m. sine calce ex caementis et silice, Cato, R. R. 15: a w. in a garden, m. in horto, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 10: they had built before them a w. six feet high, maceriam in altitudinem sex pedum praeduxerant, Caes. B. G. 7, 69.
4. păries, ĕtis, m. (partition w. between rooms or houses in the same row): I broke through the w. in that room, perfodivi parietem in eo conclavi, Pl. Mil. 2, 1, 64: 'tis your risk when your neighbour's w. is aflame, tua res agitur paries quum proximus ardet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84: the w.s of a tower, parietes turris, Caes. B. C. 2, 9. Phr.: fallen-down w.s, parietinae, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53: to build a w., murum (moenia, etc.) aedificare, Ov. M. 11, 204: ducere, perducere (expressing esp. the length of w.): Cic.: Caes.: exstruere (to raise): Cic.: Tac.: Caes.: instruere (to put in order the materials): Caes.: Tac.: v.TO BUILD : to pull down a w., m. destruere, Cic.: Virg.: diruere, Ter.: Cic.: to surround a city with w.s, moenibus urbem cingere, Ov. M. 4, 58: moenia urbi circumdare, moenibus urbem circumdare (both constructions frequent): Liv.: Caes.: Tac.: to batter w.s with a ram, quatere m. ariete, Liv. 21, ad fin.: ferire, Sall. J. 76: to make a breach in w.s, perfringere muros, Tac. H. 3, 20: through the breach in the w. they burst in, per apertum ruina iter perruperunt, Liv. 31, 46, ad fin.: to mount w.s, in moenia egredi, Tac. H. 4, 29. Fig.: to go to the w., cedere, etc.: v. TO YIELD : the weakest must go to the w., *cedat necesse est validiori debilis.
1. mūrus (the most gen. word; in sing. of any line of wall, whether across country, round a town, or of the outer wall of a house: in plur. of city walls): Caesar builds a wall across from L. Leman to Mt. Jura, Caesar perducit murum a lacu Lemano ad montem Juram, Caes. B. G. 1, 8: the w. of a town, murus oppidi, id. B. G. 7, 46: about the house w. I have given orders to Philotimus, de muro imperavi Philotimo, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 7: buildings not with common partition w.s, but each with its own outer w., aedificia non communione parietum sed propriis quaeque muris, Tac. A. 15, 43: the w.s of a city, muri urbis, Cic. N. D. 2, 40, 94. Fig.: be this your brazen w., hic murus aeneus esto, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 60: laws the bulwarks and w.s of quietness, leges propugnacula murique tranquillitatis, Cic. Pis. 4, 9.
2. moenia, ium (w.s of a town, ramparts): most lofty w.s, altissima moenia, Caes. B. C. 3, 80: to fence with w.s, urbem m. sepire, Cic. Sest. 42, 91. Fig.: w.s (sides) of a ship, moenia navis, Ov. M. 11, 532: w.s of the world, moenia mundi, Lucr. 1, 73.
3. mācĕria (a low w. of mud, rough stones, or the like; such as bound the fields in North Wales or Yorkshire): a w. without mortar, of rough stones and flint, m. sine calce ex caementis et silice, Cato, R. R. 15: a w. in a garden, m. in horto, Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 10: they had built before them a w. six feet high, maceriam in altitudinem sex pedum praeduxerant, Caes. B. G. 7, 69.
4. păries, ĕtis, m. (partition w. between rooms or houses in the same row): I broke through the w. in that room, perfodivi parietem in eo conclavi, Pl. Mil. 2, 1, 64: 'tis your risk when your neighbour's w. is aflame, tua res agitur paries quum proximus ardet, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 84: the w.s of a tower, parietes turris, Caes. B. C. 2, 9. Phr.: fallen-down w.s, parietinae, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53: to build a w., murum (moenia, etc.) aedificare, Ov. M. 11, 204: ducere, perducere (expressing esp. the length of w.): Cic.: Caes.: exstruere (to raise): Cic.: Tac.: Caes.: instruere (to put in order the materials): Caes.: Tac.: v.
wall (v.): mūnio, 4: to wall (fortify) a place, munire locum, Caes. B. G. 2, 29: to w. in a town, urbem muro sepire, Cic.: *claudere, concludere: to w. off, *muro dividere: to wall up, *saxis (lateribus, etc.) concludere.
τεῖχος
τεῖχος, τείχους, τό, city wall
τοῖχος
the wall of a house
ἕρκος
a fence, hedge, wall
περιβολή
a placing round: a covering garment, embrace, circuit wall
a wall
διάφραγμα
a partition-wall, barrier
εὐτειχής
with well-built walls
θριγκίον
topmost course of stones in a wall, cornice; wall
μεσότοιχον
a partition-wall
μεσότοιχος
party-wall
περιτείχισμα
a wall of circumvallation
πλαστή
mud-wall
τείχισμα
a wall
τειχάριον
wall
τειχίον
a wall
τειχοδόμημα
wall
ἀσιογεῖαι
mud-walls
ὑποτείχισμα
a cross-wall
τεῖχος, τείχους, τό, city wall
τοῖχος
the wall of a house
ἕρκος
a fence, hedge, wall
περιβολή
a placing round: a covering garment, embrace, circuit wall
appearing fewer than 50 times
αἱμασιάa wall
διάφραγμα
a partition-wall, barrier
εὐτειχής
with well-built walls
θριγκίον
topmost course of stones in a wall, cornice; wall
μεσότοιχον
a partition-wall
μεσότοιχος
party-wall
περιτείχισμα
a wall of circumvallation
πλαστή
mud-wall
τείχισμα
a wall
τειχάριον
wall
τειχίον
a wall
τειχοδόμημα
wall
ἀσιογεῖαι
mud-walls
ὑποτείχισμα
a cross-wall
murus
a wall, city wall
moenia
defensive walls, ramparts, bulwarks, city walls
munio
to wall, defend with a wall, fortify, defend, protect, secure, strengthen
paries
a wall (of a building)
a wall of soft clay, enclosure, wall
obex
a bolt, bar, barrier, wall
saepta
a fence, enclosure, wall
a wall, city wall
moenia
defensive walls, ramparts, bulwarks, city walls
munio
to wall, defend with a wall, fortify, defend, protect, secure, strengthen
paries
a wall (of a building)
appearing fewer than 50 times
maceriaa wall of soft clay, enclosure, wall
obex
a bolt, bar, barrier, wall
saepta
a fence, enclosure, wall