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pile

pile
subs.
Stake:
P. σταυρός, ὁ, Ar. and P. χά̆ραξ, ὁ or ἡ, V. σκόλοψ, ὁ (also Xen.).
Heap:
Ar. and P. σωρός, ὁ (Xen.), Ar. and V. θωμός, ὁ, V. θί̄ς, ὁ or ἡ.
Pile of stones:
V. λάϊνα ἐξογκώματα (Eur. H.F. 1332).
Amid a pile of arms:
V. σκύλων ἐν ὄχλῳ (Eur. Hec. 1014).
Funeral pile:
P. and V. πῠρά, ἡ, V. πυρκαία, ἡ.
pile
v. trans.
P. and V. νεῖν, P. συννεῖν.
Pile up
(a mound): P. and V. χοῦν.
Collect:
P. and V. συλλέγειν, συμφέρειν.
Pile arms:
P. ὅπλα τίθεσθαι.
Pile on:
P. and V. ἐπῐτῐθέναι (τί τινι), ἐπῐβάλλειν (τί τινι).
Axles were piled on axles and dead on dead:
V. ἄξονες τʼ ἐπʼ ἄξοσι νεκροί τε νεκροῖς ἐξεσωρεύονθʼ ὁμοῦ (Eur. Phoen. 1194).
Pile up:
P. ἐπιπαρανεῖν, Ar. ἐπῐνεῖν.
Met., see increase.
Piling up the banked clouds:
V. συντιθεὶς πυκνὸν νέφος (Eur. Frag.).
You see how many stones he has piled up over it
(the cave): Ar. ὁρᾷς ὅσους ἄνωθεν ἐπεφόρησε τῶν λίθων (Pax. 224).

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