τόπος

τόπος, ὁ (fem. by attraction

A

τόπον τὰν καλειμέναν Δαματρείαν IG 9(1).32.80

(Stiris, ii B.C.)), place, region, first in A. (v. infr.), afterwds. freq. in all writers; periphr., χθονὸς πᾶς τ., i.e. the whole earth, A. Eu.249;

ἐς τὸν Ἑλλήνων τ. Id.Pers.790

; ἐν Ἑλλάδος τόποις in Greece, ib.796;

ἐν Αὐλίδοστ. Id.Ag.191

(lyr.);

Πέλοπος ἐντ. Id.Eu.703

, cf. 292; πρὸς ἑσπέρους τ. towards the West, Id.Pr.350; πρόσθε Σαλαμῖνος τόπων before Salamis, Id.Pers.447;

Θρῄκης ἐκ τόπων E.Alc.67

;

Διρκαίων ἐκ τ. Id.Ph.1027

(lyr.): so in Prose, district,

ὁ τ. ὁ Ἑλληνικός Isoc. 5.107

, cf. Ep.1.8;

ὁ περὶ Θρᾴκην τ. D.20.59

;

ὁ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης τ. Aeschin. 2.9

, 3.73; ὁ τ. οὗτος, ἐν τούτοις τοῖς τ., X.An.4.4.4, Cyr.2.4.20; ὅλος τ. a whole region, D.19.230;

κατὰ τόπους καὶ κώμας Pl.Criti. 119a

; οἱ τῆς χώρας τ. the places of a country, Id.Lg.760c, etc. (but ὁ τ. τῆς χώρας the geographical position, D.4.31; region, Pl.Lg.705c); ὁ ἅγιοστ., of Jerusalem, LXX 2 Ma.2.18 (cf. infr. 5); the universe divided into three τόποι, Arist.IA706b3, Cael.312a8 (contrast PA666a15, etc.); οἱ κοινοὶ τ. public sites or buildings, IG42(1).65.8 (Epid.);

ἄσυλος τ. BGU1053 ii 9

(i B. C.), PTeb.5.83 (pl., ii B. C.); οἰκίαι καὶ τόποι houses and sites, ib.281.12 (ii B.C.); so ψιλοὶ τ. sites not built upon, OGI52.2 (Ptolemais, iii/ii B. C.).

2 place, position,

οὐ τὸν τρόπον, ἀλλὰ τὸν τ. μόνον μεταλλάξαι Aeschin.3.78

; ὑπολιποῦ τ. leave a space (in a document), PCair.Zen.327.83 (iii B.C.); περικήπῳ τ. καταλιπεῖν ib.193.8 (iii B.C.); τ. ἔχειν have a place, D.H.Dem.23, Plu.2.646a; φίλου τ. ἔχειν hold the place of . . , Arr.Epict.2.4.5;

Μερόλας ὁ αἱρεθεὶς ὕπατος εἰς τὸν τοῦ Κίννα τ. D.S.38

/39.3;

ἐνεγράφη εἰς τὴν ἱερωσύνην εἰς τὸν Αευκίου Δομιτίου τ. τετελευτηκότος Nic.

Dam.Fr. 127.4J., cf. D.H.2.73;

ἀναπληροῦν τὸν τ. τοῦ ἰδιώτου 1 Ep.Cor.14.16

; τ. ἔχειν also = have room (to grow), Thphr.HP1.7.1; τόπῳ c. gen., in place of, instead of, Hdn.2.14.5; ἀνὰ τόπον on the spot, immediately, E.Supp.604 (lyr., dub.l.); so

ἐν τόπῳ IG12(7).515.63

([place name] Amorgos);

ἐπὶ τόπου Plb.4.73.8

;

ἐπὶ τῶν τ. PEnteux.55.5

(iii B. C.), UPZ70.16 (ii B.C.), CIL3.567.3 (Delph., ii B. C.), POxy.2106.23 (iv A. D.), etc.;

κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τ. S.E.P.3.1

; παρὰ τόπον at a wrong place, Str.10.2.21, Arr.Epict.3.21.16 (but παρὰ τ. καὶ παρὰ καιρόν by virtue of the place and the time, ib.3.21.14).

3 place or part of the body, Hp.Aph. 2.46, Loc.Hom.tit., Sor.2.40, al., Gal. in titles of works, e.g. περὶ τῶν πεπονθότων τόπων, περὶ συνθέσεως φαρμάκων τῶν κατὰ τόπους; esp. ὁ τόπος, pudendum muliebre, Arist.HA572b28, 583a15, cf. Sor.2.62 (pl.).

4 place, passage in an author,

κατὰ τόπους τινὰς τῆς ἱστορίας Plb.12.25f

.1, cf. Ph.2.63, Ev.Luc.4.17, Sor.2.57,58, etc.; the word is prob. interpolated in X.Mem.2.1.20.

5 burial-place, IG12(7).401 ([place name] Amorgos), al., Ev.Marc. 16.6; also in codd. of E.Heracl. 1041 (fort. leg. τάφον); later ὁ ἅγιος τ. is freq. of the grave of a martyr, or of a monastery associated with it, PMasp.94.18 (vi A.D.), etc.

6 in Egypt, district, department, a sub-division of the νομός, = τοπαρχία, PMich.Zen.43.8 (iii B. C.), Theb.Ostr.27.2 (ii B. C.): but most freq. in pl., ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν τ. στρατηγός, πράκτωρ, etc., PEnteux.27.9 (iii B. C.), PRein.7.17,35 (ii B. C.), etc.; οἱ ἔξω τ. dub. sens. in PEnteux.87.2 (iii B. C.), BGU1114.6 (i B. C.), etc.

7 a room in a house, τόπον ἕνα ἄνευ ἐνοικίου ib.896.4 (ii A. D.);

δύο τόπους ἤτοι συμπόσια POxy. 1129.10

(V A. D.), cf. 502.34 (ii A. D.), 912.13 (iii A. D.).

8 position on the zodiac, Vett.Val.139.13; esp. the twelve regions of 300, Ptol. Tetr.128, Heph.Astr.1.12.

9

αὐτὸς ὁ θεὸς καλεῖται τόπος, τῷ περιέχειν τὰ ὅλα Ph.1.630

, cf. Corp.Herm.2.12, Hippol. Haer.6.32.

II topic, Isoc.5.109, 10.38, Aeschin.3.216, Plb.21.19.2, Phld. Rh.1.119S., etc.

2 common-place or element in Rhetoric,

ὁ τοῦ μᾶλλον καὶ ἧττον τ. Arist.Rh.1358a14

, cf. 1396b30, 1397a7; τὸ αὐτὸ λέγω στοιχεῖον καὶ τ. ib. 1403a18: pl., Phld.Rh.1.226S.

b = ὁμολογουμένου πράγματος αὔξησις, Hermog Prog.11; κοινὸς τ. ib.6.

c generally, sphere,

ὁ πραγματικὸς τ. D.H.Comp.1

.

III metaph., opening, occasion, opportunity,

ἐν τ. τινὶ ἀφανεῖ Th.6.54

(but τρόπῳ is prob. cj.);

ὀργῇ διδόναι τ. Plu.2.462b

;

μὴ δίδοτε τ. τῷ διαβόλῳ Ep.Eph.4.27

; δότε τ. τῇ ὀργῇ leave room for the wrath (of God), i.e. let God punish, Ep.Rom.12.19;

μὴ καταλείπεσθαί σφισι τ. ἐλέους Plb.1.88.2

;

μετανοίας τ. οὐχ εὗρε Ep.Hebr.12.17

;

οὐδὲ φυγῆς τόπον εὐμοιρήσαντες Hld.6.13

; τ. διδόναι τινί c. inf., give occasion to . . , LXX Si.4.5.