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|mdlsjtxt=!πηγη, δοριξ [[παγά]], ἡ,<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[mostly]] in pl. of [[running]] waters, streams, Hom., etc.; [[distinct]] from [[κρουνός]] (the [[spring]] or well-[[head]]), κρουνὼ δ' ἵκανον καλλιρρόω, [[ἔνθα]] δὲ πηγαὶ δοιαὶ ἀναΐσσουσι Il.:—in sg., Aesch.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. streams, of tears, πηγαὶ κλαυμάτων, δακρύων Aesch., Soph.; so, πηγαὶ γάλακτος Soph.; πόντου πηγαῖς with sea- [[water]], Eur.; παγαὶ [[πυρός]] Pind.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> = [[κρήνη]], a [[fount]], [[source]], πηγαὶ ἡλίου the [[fount]] of [[light]], i. e. the East, Aesch.:—in sg., πηγὴ ἀργύρου, of the [[silver]]-mines at Laureion, Aesch.; τῆς ἀκουούσης πηγῆς δι' [[ὤτων]], i. e. the [[sense]] of [[hearing]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. the [[fount]], [[source]], [[origin]], πηγὴ κακῶν Aesch.; ἡδονῶν, νοσημάτων Plat.