πορθμεύω

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γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν → we are all made for mutual assistance, as the feet, the hands, and the eyelids, as the rows of the upper and under teeth, from whence it follows that clashing and opposition is perfectly unnatural

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Transliteration A: porthmeúō Transliteration B: porthmeuō Transliteration C: porthmeyo Beta Code: porqmeu/w

English (LSJ)

   A carry or ferry over a strait, river, etc., στρατόν E.Rh.429; τινὰς εἰς Σαλαμῖνα Aeschin.3.158: then, generally, carry over, carry, ἐφετμὰς τάσδε πόρθμευσον πάλιν A.Ch.685; δεῦρο π. βρέφος E.Ion 1599; γραφὰς πρὸς Ἄργος Id.IT735; also, π.τινὰ ἐκ γῆς S.Tr.802, cf. E.IT1358; π. πόδα, ἴχνος, advance, ib.936, 266: metaph., εἰς δάκρυα π. ὑπομνήσει κακῶν Id.Or.1032; τινὰ εἰς αἱματηρὸν γάμον δόλῳ Id.IT371; ποῖ διωγμὸν πορθμεύεις; how far dost thou carry it? ib.1435; Ἀχέρων ἄχεα π. βροτοῖσιν Licymn.2; πορθμεύει γὰρ ἔμοιγε κύλιξ παρὰ σοῦ τὸ φίλημα AP5.260 (Agath.):—Pass., to be carried or ferried over from place to place, Hdt.2.97; ἐπ' ὄχοις π. E.Tr. 569(anap.): c.acc. loci, pass over or through, λευκὴν αἰθέρα πορθμευόμενος Id.Andr. 1229(anap.).    II Act.intr., pass over, ποταμούς Pl.Ax. 371c; Ἀχέροντος ὕδωρ AP7.68 (Arch.); κύματα Epigr.Gr.522.1 (Thessalonica); τίς ἀστὴρ ὅδε π.; E.IA6(anap.).