, OGI483.101, al. (Pergam., ii A. D.); τοίχῳ προσιστάμενοι γυμνάζονταιGal.6.144: of the
side
of a tent or hut, Il.9.219, 24.598, E.Ion1158. b. metaph., τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε, as a term of abuse, Act.Ap.23.3. 2. pl.,
sides of a ship,
Od.12.420, Thgn.674, E.Hel. 1573, Th.7.36, Theoc.22.12; τοίχου ἄρχω τοῦ δεξιοῦLuc.DMeretr.14.3, cf. JTr.49. 3. of other things, as the human body, εἰς ἀμφοτέρους τοίχουσ (by metaph. from a ship) E.Tr.118 (anap.), cf. Luc.Asin.9; of a cup, Pherecr.143.2; of a vessel, Arist.Mete.359a3; of a bath (πύελοσ), Gal.15.709. 4. prov., τοίχους τοὺς δύο ἐπαλείφειν 'to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds', Paus.6.3.15, cf. Suid. s.v. δύο τοίχους; ὁ εὖ πράττων τ. 'the snug side of the ship', 'the right side of the hedge', Ar.Ra.537 (lyr.); ἐς το'̀ν εὐτυχῆ τ. χωρεῖνE.Fr.89. (Akin to τεῖχος, but used in a special sense; later = τεῖχοσ, LXXIs.25.12, prob. so in JHS24.39 (Cyzicus).)