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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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(Homer) a dyke, dam; (classical) bridge

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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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Children (1)
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dyke, dam, 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 open space between hostile armies, but more prob. limits of the battlefield, Il. 4.371, 11.160, etc.; πόντου γ. of the Isthmus of Corinth, causeway through the sea, Pi. N. 6.39, cf. I. 4(3).20; so, of the causeway between Athens and Eleusis, Carm.Pop. 9; at the Euripus, Str. 9.2.2.
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Il. 5.88
ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ, ὅς τʼ ὦκα ῥέων ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας· τὸν δʼ οὔτʼ ἄρ τε γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι ἰσχανόωσι
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II
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Hom., in sg., bridge, 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 a tunnel, ὑποστείχει γ. Philostr. VA 1.25.
Citations (5)
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Hdt. 4.97
γέφυραν ζευγνύναι
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A. Pers. 736
γ. γαῖν δυοῖν ζευκτηρίαν
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X. An. 2.4.17
γ. λῦσαι
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Lib. Or. 11.243
πόρον ὑπὲρ γεφυρῶν ἄγοντες
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Philostr. VA 1.25
ὑποστείχει γ.
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Citations (From Models)

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