making of ditches, trenches, entrenchments
making of ditches or trenches, D. 18.299, Delph. 3(5).74.44 (iv B.C.), Plb. 5.2.5, etc.: collectively, entrenchments, Ph. Bel. 80.19, 85.46, D.C. 36.54, al.
The corpus record
ταφρ-εία
taphreia · ἡ
making of ditches
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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