καιάδας,ου, Dor.
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A. a pitorunderground cavernat Sparta, into which state-prisoners or their corpses were thrown, Th. 1.134 , Paus. 4.18.4 :—the formsκαιάταςandκαιέταςare found in Eust. 1478.45 :— alsoκαιετός,ὁ,fissure produced by earthquake, Str. 8.5.7 : henceΛακεδαίμονα