a court of law
a court of law at Athens, so called from its colour (cf. Φοινικιοῦν), Paus. 1.28.8:—Adj. βᾰτρᾰχε( ι) οῦς IG 2.758B ii 23.
The corpus record
βᾰτραχ-ιοῦν
batrachioun · τό
a court of law
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What it meant — LSJ
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