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πέτρα .πέτρα, Ionic and Epic πέτρη, ἡ, a rock, a ledge or shelf of rock, Od. a rock, i. e. a rocky peak or ridge, Hom.; π. σύνδρομοι, ξυμπληγάδες, of the rocky islets of the Bosporus, Pind., Eur.; π. δίλοφος, of Parnassus, Soph.—Properly, πέτρα is a fixed rock, πέτρος a stone: in Od. 9, πέτραι are masses of live rock torn up by giants. πέτρη γλαφυρή a hollow rock, i. e. a cave, Il.; δίστομος π. a cave in the rock with a double entrance, Soph. proverbial usages:—on οὐκ ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδʼ ἀπὸ πέτρης, v. δρῦς:— as a symbol of firmness, ὁ δʼ ἐστάθη ἠύτε πέτρη Od.; of hardheartedness, ἐκ πέτρας εἰργασμένος Aesch.

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a rock, a ledge

Petra

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πέτρα

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πέτρα

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πετρα

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26041

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26071

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pe/tra

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