β218Βέβηλος τόπος
profane place
[Meaning] one accessible to everyone and unpurified. Also [sc. attested is] "profane man," he who is uninitiated and defiled. Euripides [writes]: "[it is] not right for the profane to touch the temple". Also: "I sing to…
Βέβηλος τόπος· ὁ βατὸς πᾶσι καὶ ἀκάθαρτος. καὶ βέβηλος ἀνήρ, ὁ ἀμύητος καὶ μιαρός. Εὐριπίδης· οὐ θέμις βεβήλοις ἅπτεσθαι δόμων. καὶ, ἀείδω ξυνετοῖσι, θύρας δ' ἐπίθεσθε βέβηλοι.…
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