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προχοή

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Sophocles, Antigone, 781
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Transliteration A: prochoḗ Transliteration B: prochoē Transliteration C: prochoi Beta Code: proxoh/

English (LSJ)

(A), ἡ, (προχέω) poet. noun, almost always pl.,

   A outpouring, i.e. mouth, of a river, ἐπὶ προχοῇσι διιπετέος ποταμοῖο Il.17.263; ἐς ποταμοῦ προχοάς Od.5.453; ἐν προχοῇς ποταμοῦ 11.242; ἐν προχοῇς . . Ὠκεανοῖο 20.65; Τριτωνίδος ἐν προχοαῖς λίμνας Pi.P.4.20, cf. Anacr. 28 codd., B.6.3, A.Supp.1025 (lyr.), Ar.Nu.272, Theoc.Chius in FHG ii 86, Call.Fr.480, etc.; θερμαῖς ὕδατος μαλακοῦ π. A.Fr.192.8 (anap.); ὕδατος προχοὰς χειμερίους AP9.147 (Antag.): sg. is dub. l. in Hes.Op. 757; προχοὴ τῶν ὑδάτων discharge of amniotic fluid, Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).127.    2 overflow, flood, A.R.4.271 (pl.).    3 = πρόχωσις, promontory, Archestr.Fr.40 codd.Ath. (sed leg. προβολαῖσι).    II libations, IG14.1595, Porph.Marc.23, Epigr.Gr.312.16 (Smyrna).