α772Ἀθύρωτον στόμα
doorless mouth
Thus doorless, not gateless. Aristophanes in Frogs [sc. uses the phrase]. Also [in] Phrynichus. But some write "gateless" when they mean "opened and not having a gate", that is to say not curbed or controlled.
Ἀθύρωτον στόμα· οὕτως ἀθύρωτον, οὐκ ἀπύλωτον. Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Βατράχοις. καὶ Φρύνιχος. οἱ δὲ γράφοντες ἀπύλωτον ἀντὶ τοῦ ἠνεῳγμένον καὶ πύλην μὴ ἔχον, τουτέστι μὴ χαλιναγωγούμενον…
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