Lexicon / G9409
τειχίζω
teichizō
  • to wall

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Glosses: to wall

1. to build a wall , (Aristophanes Comicus), etc.: with accusative cognate, τ. τεῖχος to build it, (Thucydides); so in Mid. τεῖχος ἐτειχίσσαντο they built them a wall, (Iliad by Homer):—;Pass. to be built , (Pindar): 3rd singular pluperfect τετείχιστο, impersonal, buildings had been erected, there were buildings , (Herdotus Historicus)

2. transitive to wall or fortify , τὸ οὖρος (Herdotus Historicus); τὴν πόλιν (Thucydides): in Mid. τειχίζεσθαι τὸ χωρίον (Thucydides):—;Pass. to be walled or fenced with walls , (Thucydides); τὰ τετειχισμένα the fortified parts , (Thucydides) (ML)