χωρίον

A. χ. μέγιστον Th. 2.19) of χῶρος and χώρα:

1. place, spot, district, very freq. in Prose from Hdt. down wards, e.g. 2.8,10,29, Th. 2.54; also in Com., as Ar. Nu. 209, etc.; never in Trag.: ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. from the same spot, Hdt. 1.11; χ. ἔρημον, χ. χαλεπὰ καὶ πετρώδη, Th. 4.9; χ. ἱππάσιμα X. Cyr. 1.4.14: pl., sites, οἰκίσαι χωρία Th. 1.12.

2. town, ib.100, etc.; χωρίων κατάληψις Pl. Grg. 455b, cf. Lys. 28.7, etc.

3. landed property, estate, Th. 1.106, Pl. Lg. 844b, Lys. 7.4, IG 12.325.10; used with ἀγρός, X. HG 2.4.1, etc.

4. place of business, office, D. 45.33.

5. space, room, Th. 1.63, etc.; esp. in Geom., space enclosed by lines, area, figure, Pl. Men. 82b sq., Ar. Nu. 152, Euc. Dat. 55, Papp. 240.17: esp. rectangle, Archim. Con.Sph. 2, al.

6. passage in a book, Hdt. 2.117 (unless interpol.), Luc. Hist.Conscr. 12, Ath. 15.672a, Simp. inCael. 126.4.

b. subject, Th. 1.97: pl., topics, Lycurg. 31.

7. Medic., part of the body, Hp. Fract. 2, cf. Aph. 1.21 (pl.); τὸ χ. τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥπατος periphr. for the gall-bladder, Id. Morb. 4.36.