τοῖχος, ὁ,
wall of a house or enclosure, absolutely, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.342, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 130, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἅπαντ᾽ ἐρευνῶν τ. uncertain in [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 1174; τ. δώματος 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.212; μεγάροιο 18.374, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.37 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τ. καὶ θριγκοί (of the αὐλή)[[ 17.267, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 732; τὸν τῆς αὐλῆς τ. “PEnteux.” 12.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; wall of a temple, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 12.372.51, +others; οἰκίας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574d; ἐν τοῖσι τ. ἔγραφ᾽ Ἀθηναῖοι καλοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 144, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 859a; εἰς τὸν τ. ἀντεγγραψάτω “IG” 12.94.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόμους ἀναγράφειν εἰς τοῖχον Decrees cited in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.84 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κοινοὶ τ. party-walls, [[ “OGI” 483.101, +others (Pergam., 2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τοίχῳ προσιστάμενοι γυμνάζονται [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.144 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: of the side of a tent or hut, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.219, 24.598, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1158. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__b metaphorically, τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε, as a term of abuse, [[ NT.Act.23.3. ] NT]
__2 plural, sides of a ship, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.420, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 674, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1573, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.36, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.12; τοίχου ἄρχω τοῦ δεξιοῦ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 14.3, compare “JTr.” 49. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]