γέφυρα: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[Deriv. [[unknown]].]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[dyke]], dam or [[mound]] to bar a [[stream]], in plural, Il.; the [[phrase]] πολέμοιο γεφύραι seems to [[mean]] the [[ground]] [[between]] two lines of [[battle]], = μεταίχμιον, Il.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[bridge]], to [[cross]] a [[stream]], Hdt., [[attic]]; Hom. also seems to [[recognise]] [[this]] [[sense]] in the Verb [[γεφυρόω]].