The corpus record

χᾰράκ-ωμα

charakoma · τό

palisaded enclosure, entrenched camp

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Where it lives

Hellenica 6 · 0.91/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

χᾰράκ-ωμα · charak-ōma — LSJ

palisaded enclosure, entrenched camp

palisaded enclosure, entrenched camp. X. HG 5.4.38, 6.2.23; χαρακώματα πρὸ τῆς πόλεως βαλέσθαι Plu. Cat.Mi. 58.

II palisade

palisade, X. An. 5.2.26; χ. καὶ τείχη καὶ τάφροι D. 6.23: metaph., of the eyelashes, Arist. PA 658b18.

= Lat. vallum, Plb. 9.3.2; χ. διπλᾶ Id. 10.31.8.

In the wild

χαράκωμα · charakōma Xenophon, Anabasis 5.2.26 (DIORISIS sentence 2155)
χαρακώματος · charakōmatos Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.38 (DIORISIS sentence 2360)
χαρακώματος · charakōmatos Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.39 (DIORISIS sentence 2361)
χαρακωμάτων · charakōmatōn Xenophon, Hellenica 5.4.41 (DIORISIS sentence 2367)
χαρακώματι · charakōmati Xenophon, Hellenica 6.2.23 (DIORISIS sentence 2596)
χαράκωμα · charakōma Xenophon, Hellenica 6.2.25 (DIORISIS sentence 2601)

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Where it came from

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