λατομία
λατομία, quarrying; quarry
λᾱτομ-ία, ἡ,
- quarrying of stone, PHib. 71.7 (iii B.C.), IG 42(1).102.17 (Epid.); τῷ στρώματι ib. 40: mostly in pl., = quarries, Man. ap. J. Ap. 1.26, Str. 8.5.7, AP 11.253 (Lucill.); of the quarries at Syracuse used as a prison, Plu. Alex. fort. 2.334c; also in sg., PCair.Zen. 176.215 (iii B.C.).
λᾱτομία -ας, ἡ [λατόμος ] usu. pl. stone quarry Strab. 8.5.7 Ios. Ap. 1.26 Lucil.1 (AP 11.253.2) etc. | at Syracuse latomiai, quarries used as prisons Diod. 15.6.2, al. Plut. Alex. fort. 334c etc.
λατομία, ας (ἡ) [λᾱ] surt. au pl. carrière de pierres, Anth. 11, 253 ; El. V.H. 12, 44 ; particul. à Syracuse, carrière servant de prison, Plut. M. 334c.
Étym. λατόμος ; cf. lat. lautumiæ.
λατομία, [λᾱ], ἡ, = λατομεῖον ; Lucill. 83 (XI.253); Ath. I.7a ; Ael. V.H. 12.44.
λατομία
λᾱτομία, ἡ,
- in pl., like Lat. lautumiae, quarries, Anth.