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λᾱτομ-ία

latomia · ἡ

quarrying of stone

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λᾱτομ-ία · latom-ia — LSJ

quarrying of stone, quarries, the quarries

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.).

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