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|Definition=ἡ ([[οὐδός]] once in Hom., Od.17.196):<br><span class="bld">I</span> of [[place]], [[way]], [[road]], Il.12.168, 16.374, ''IG''12.878, al.; [[ἱππηλασία|ἱππηλασίη]] ὁδός Il.7.340; [[λαοφόρος]] 15.682; ὁ. [[ἁμαξιτός]] Pi.''N.''6.54; [[ὁδὸς ἱερά]], to [[Eleusis]], Paus.1.36.3, cf. ''IG''12.881; βασιλικὴ ὁδός ''PPetr.''3p.65 (iii B.C.), ''PSI''8.917.8 (i A. D.); <b class="b3">ποταμοῦ ὁδός</b> [[course]], [[channel]] of a [[river]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.16; ὁδὸς ἀκοντίου Antipho 3.4.5 : with [[expression]] of the [[direction]], ὁδὸς ἐς . . Od. 22.128; ἡ ὁδὸς ἡ εἰς [[ἄστυ]] Pl.''Smp.''173b; ἐπί . . Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''272c; <b class="b3">τὴν εὐθὺς Ἄργους . . ὁ.</b> [[lead]]ing [[straight]] to [[Argos]], E.''Hipp.''1197; <b class="b3">τῆς ἀληθείας ὁδός</b> the [[way]] to [[truth]], Id.''Fr.''289; cf. [[νόστος]] 1.1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> with Preps., [[πρὸ ὁδοῦ]] = [[further on the way]], [[forwards]], Il.4.382 (cf. [[φροῦδος]]); later, = [[προὔργου]], [[profitable]], [[useful]], <b class="b3">πρὸ ὁ. εἶναι πρός τι</b> to be [[helpful]] towards... Arist.''Cael.''292b9, cf. ''Metaph.''1044a24; πρὸ ὁδοῦ γέγονεν Id.''Pol.''1338a35, cf. D.''Prooem.''34; [[κατ' ὁδόν]] = [[by the way]], Hdt.1.41,''III''; [[κατὰ τὴν ὁδόν]] = [[along]] the [[road]], Pl.''Smp.''174d, cf. infr. 111.3; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῆς ὁδοῦ</b> [[on his road]], Hdt.1.157 (but [[ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὁδοῦ]] = '[[the man in the street]]', Eup.25 D.); [[ἐν ὁδῷ]] = [[on a road]], Hdt.1.114; ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ μέσῃ Id.3.76 (but <b class="b3">ἐν ὁδῷ καθελών</b> Lexap.D.23.53, expld. by <b class="b3">ἐν λόχῳ καὶ ἐνέδρᾳ</b> by Harp. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[ὁδός]]); <b class="b3">ὁδοῦ πάρεργον</b> by the [[way]], [[cursorily]], Cic.''Att.''5.21.13,7.1.5, Gal.11.607.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ὁδός]] is freq. omitted, ἐπορευόμην τὴν ἔξω τείχους Pl.''Ly.'' 203a; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐπὶ θανάτου</b>, v. [[θάνατος]]; cf. [[τηνάλλως]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> as an Action, [[travelling]], [[journeying]], whether by land or water, [[journey]], [[voyage]], Od.2.285,8.150, etc.; τρίποδας ὁ. στείχει A.''Ag.''80 (anap.); τὰν νεάταν ὁ. στείχουσαν S.''Ant.''807(lyr.); [[ὁδὸς ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή]] = the [[road]] up and the road down is one and the same Heraclit. 60; also, [[expedition]], [[foray]], ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι Il.1.151, cf. A.''Th.''714; <b class="b3">τριήκοντα ἡμερέων . . ὁ.</b> a thirty days' [[journey]], Hdt.1.104, cf. 206; also [[ὅσον]] ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ὁδόν Id.3.5 (codd., [[ὁδοῦ]] edd.); ἄστρων ὁδοί E. ''El.''728 (lyr.): as acc. cogn. with Verb of motion, <b class="b3">τὴν ὁ. ἣν Ἑλένην περ ἀνήγαγεν</b> [[by]] or in which . ., Il.6.292; <b class="b3">οὐρανοῦ τέμνων ὁ. . . Ἥλιε</b>, metaph. from a [[ship]], E.''Ph.''1 (but in Prose ὁ. [[τέμνειν]] = is to [[make]] a [[road]], Th.2.100, Pl.''Lg.''810e); similarly where [[ὁδός]] is [[road]], μέσην ἔρχευ τὴν ὁ. Thgn.220; ὁ. [[χωρεῖν]] Th.3.24; <b class="b3">ἰόντες τὴν ἱρὴν ὁ.</b>, from [[Delphi]], Hdt.6.34.<br><span class="bld">III</span> metaph., [[way]] or [[manner]], πολλαὶ δ' ὁ. . . [[εὐπραγία]]ς Pi.''O.''8.13; γλώσσης ἀγαθῆς ὁδός A.''Eu.''989 (anap.); <b class="b3">θεσπεσία ὁδός</b> the [[way]] or [[course]] of [[divination]], Id.''Ag.''1154(lyr.); μαντικῆς ὁ. S.''OT''311; οἰωνῶν ὁδοῖς Id.''OC''1314; σῶν ὁ. βουλευμάτων E.''Hec.''744; γνώμης Id.''Hipp.''290; <b class="b3">λογίων ὁδός</b> their [[way]], [[intent]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1015; εὐτελείας ὁδός Jul.''Or.''6.198d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> a [[way]] of [[doing]], [[speaking]], etc., τῆσδ' ἀφ' ὁδοῦ διζήσιος Parm.1.33, cf. 8.18; <b class="b3">τριφασίας ἄλλας ὁ. λόγων</b> [[way]]s of telling the [[story]], Hdt.1.95, cf. 2.20,22; but <b class="b3">τριφασίας ὁ. τρέπεται</b> [[turn]]s into [[three]] [[form]]s, Id.6.119; ἄδικον ὁ. ἰέναι Th.3.64; <b class="b3">ὁ. ἥντιν' ἰών</b> by what [[course of action]], Ar.''Pl.''506, cf. ''Nu.''75; ἢν ἔχομεν ὁ. λόγων Id.''Pax''733; μία δὴ λείπεται . . ὁ. Pl.''Smp.''184b.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[method]], [[system]], Id.''Sph.''218d, Arist.''APr.''53a2, al.; [[ὁδῷ]] = [[methodically]], [[systematically]], Pl.''R.''533b, ''Stoic.''2.39, etc.; so [[καθ' ὁδόν]] Pl.''R.''435a; τὴν διὰ τοῦ στοιχείου ὁ. ἔχων ἔγραφεν Id.''Tht.''208b (cf. [[διέξοδος|διέξοδον]] 208a).<br><span class="bld">4</span> of the [[Christian]] [[faith]] and its [[follower]]s, Act.Ap.9.2, 22.4, 24.14. (Root sed- '[[go]]', in Skt. sad-, ā-sad- '[[come]] to', '[[reach]]', OSlav. choditi 'go'.)