Λαύρα
alley, lane
Translated by David Whitehead18 Jan 2007Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] a narrow public passage, a locality, a street; through which the multitudes flow.1
Or an alley: a narrow street, where [there is] total impurity. Or the filthy place.2
Also [sc. attested is] 'alley', [meaning] the narrow dwelling-place of monks.3 See in the [entry] 'entrance to an alley'.4 So [it is called a]lau/ra because of the fact that the multitudes [laoi/ ] flow [r(e/ein ] in it.
Or an alley: a narrow street, where [there is] total impurity. Or the filthy place.2
Also [sc. attested is] 'alley', [meaning] the narrow dwelling-place of monks.3 See in the [entry] 'entrance to an alley'.4 So [it is called a]