λᾱτομ-ία · latom-ia — LSJ
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.).