ἐπιτείχισμα

A. fort or stronghold placed on the enemy's frontier, v.l. in Id. 8.95, cf. X. HG 5.1.2 ; τινί or ἐπί τινα against one, κατασκευάζειν ὑμῖν ἐ. τὴν Εὔβοιαν D. 8.66 ; ἐπὶ τὴν Ἀττικήν Id. 18.71 ; κατὰ τῆς πόλεως D.H. 3.43 : c. gen., ἔχουσι τοσαῦτ’ ἐ. τῆς αὑτοῦ χώρας holding so many fortresses which command his country, D. 4.5.

2. metaph., τῆς αὑτῆς ἀρχῆς ἐ. πρὸς τὸ μηδ’ ὁτιοῦν παρακινεῖν a barrier or obstacle to.., Id. 15.12 ; ὥσπερ ἐ. τοῖς υἱοῖς κατάγει τὸν Ἀντίπατρον J. BJ 1.23.1 ; τὴν φιλοσοφίαν ἐ. τῶν νόμων a barrier against, or a bulwark in defence of, the laws, Alcid. ap. Arist. Rh. 1406b11 ; ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων παθῶν ἡ ποιητικὴ καθέστηκεν S.E. M. 1.298.