Hist. rare. [ad. Gr. λᾱτομία, f. λᾶας, λᾶς stone + -τομία cutting.] A stone quarry; spec. of those at Syracuse.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Latomy, a Quarry of stones.
1798. W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., XXV. 504. Were these embassies mere child’s play, or were there Timoleons concealed in the latomies?
