τόποσ, ὁ (fem. by attraction τόπον τὰν καλειμέναν ΔαματρείανIG 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 τόπωνE.Alc.67; Διρκαίων ἐκ τ.Id.Ph.1027 (lyr.): so in Prose,
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, LXX2 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.
E.Supp.604 (lyr., dub.l.); so ἐν τόπῳIG12(7).515.63 (Amorgos); ἐπὶ τόπουPlb.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 ἱστορίασPlb.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 (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 συμπόσιαPOxy. 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 ὅλαPh.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.
for the wrath (of God), i.e. let God punish, Ep.Rom.12.19; μὴ καταλείπεσθαί σφισι τ. ἐλέουσPlb.1.88.2; μετανοίας τ. οὐχ εὗρεEp.Hebr.12.17; οὐδὲ φυγῆς τόπον εὐμοιρήσαντεσHld.6.13; τ. διδόναι τινί c. inf., give