Scaife ATLAS

γέφυρα Deriv. unknown. a dyke, dam or mound to bar a stream, in pl., Il.; the phrase πολέμοιο γεφύραι seems to mean the ground between two lines of battle, = μεταίχμιον, Il. a bridge, to cross a stream, Hdt., Attic; Hom. also seems to recognise this sense in the Verb γεφυρόω.

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

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γέφυρα

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γέφυρα

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γεφυρα

IDX:

6860

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6864

Key:

ge/fura

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