φραγμός

A. fencing in, blocking up, τῆς ἀκουούσης πηγῆς S. OT 1387.

2. intestinal obstruction, Cael.Aur. CP 3.17.

II. fence, paling, X. Cyn. 11.4, AP 9.343 (Arch.) BGU 1119.32 (i B. C.), Ev.Matt. 21.33, etc.; hedge, Aesop. 385; railing of the bridge over the Hellespont, Hdt. 7.36: fortification, ib.142; of the diaphragm, Hp. Flat. 10, Arist. PA 672b20; of the shard of beetles, ib.682b17; of the teeth, Poll. 2.93.

2. metaph., partition, Ep.Eph. 2.14.

b. nickname of a man with a bristly beard, Luc. Pseudol. 27.