divide, by streets
divide a town by streets, D.S. 17.52, J. BJ 3.5.2:—Pass., πόλις κακῶς, καινῶς, ἐρρυμοτομημένη Dicaearch. 1.1, 12; τετράπυλος ἐρρυμοτομημένος πρὸς ὀρθὰς γωνίας Str. 12.4.7, cf. Cleom. 2.1.
The corpus record
ῥῡμοτομ-έω
rumotomeo
divide, by streets
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