γέφυρα
γέφυρα ( Boeot. βέφυρα Stratt. 47.5), Lacon. δίφουρα Hsch., Cret. δέφυρα GDI 5000 ii b 6 ( Gortyn), ἡ (used by Hom. only in Il., always in pl.):—
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"definition": "<i>dyke, dam,</i> ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ, ὅς τʼ ὦκα ῥέων ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας· τὸν δʼ οὔτʼ ἄρ τε γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι ἰσχανόωσι Il. 5.88; cf. γεφυρόω: metaph., πολέμοιο γέφυραι, expld. by Sch. Il. as αἱ δίοδοι τῶν φαλάγγων, i. e. the <i>open space</i> between hostile armies, but more prob. <i>limits</i> of the battlefield, Il. 4.371, 11.160, etc.; πόντου γ. of the Isthmus of Corinth, <i>causeway</i> through the sea, Pi. N. 6.39, cf. I. 4(3).20; so, of the <i>causeway</i> between Athens and Eleusis, Carm.Pop. 9; at the Euripus, Str. 9.2.2.",
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"quote": "ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ, ὅς τʼ ὦκα ῥέων ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας· τὸν δʼ οὔτʼ ἄρ τε γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι ἰσχανόωσι",
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"definition": "Hom., in sg., <i>bridge,</i> γέφυραν ζευγνύναι Hdt. 4.97, cf. 1.75 (pl.); γ. γαῖν δυοῖν ζευκτηρίαν A. Pers. 736; γ. λῦσαι X. An. 2.4.17; πόρον ὑπὲρ γεφυρῶν ἄγοντες Lib. Or. 11.243; also, of <i>a tunnel,</i> ὑποστείχει γ. Philostr. VA 1.25.",
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"quote": "γ. γαῖν δυοῖν ζευκτηρίαν",
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"quote": "γ. λῦσαι",
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"quote": "πόρον ὑπὲρ γεφυρῶν ἄγοντες",
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"quote": "ὑποστείχει γ.",
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