τοῖχος, ὁ,
wall of a house or
enclosure, absolutely, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅπαντ᾽ ἐρευνῶν τ. uncertain in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. καὶ θριγκοί (of the αὐλή)[
Refs 8th c.BC+];
wall of a temple, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόμους ἀναγράφειν εἰς τοῖχον Decrees cited in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κοινοὶ τ. party-
walls, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τοίχῳ προσιστάμενοι γυμνάζονται [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]: of the
side of a tent or hut, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
b metaphorically, τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε, as a term of abuse, [
NT]
2 plural,
sides of a ship, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
3 of other things, as the human body, εἰς ἀμφοτέρους τοίχους (by
metaphorically from a ship) [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cup, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a vessel, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of a bath (πύελος), [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4 proverbial, τοίχους τοὺς δύο ἐπαλείφειν 'to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds', [
Refs 2nd c.AD+] see at δύο τοίχου; ὁ εὖ πράττων τ. 'the snug side of the ship', 'the right side of the hedge', [
Refs 5th c.BC+] but used in a special sense; later =τεῖχος, [
LXX]
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