ὁδός

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ἡ (οὐδός once in Hom., Od.17.196):    I of Place, way, road, Il.12.168, 16.374, IG12.878, al. ; ἱππηλασίη ὁ. Il.7.340 ; λαοφόρος 15.682 ; ὁ. ἁμαξιτός Pi.N.6.54 ; ὁ. ἱερά, to Eleusis, Paus.1.36.3, cf. IG12.881 ; βασιλικὴ ὁ. PPetr.3p.65 (iii B.C.), PSI8.917.8 (i A. D.) ; ποταμοῦ ὁ. course, channel of a river, X.Cyr.7.5.16 ; ὁ. ἀκοντίου Antipho 3.4.5 : with expression of the direction, ὁδὸς ἐς . . Od. 22.128 ; ἡ ὁ. ἡ εἰς ἄστυ Pl.Smp.173b ; ἐπί . . Id.Phdr.272c ; τὴν εὐθὺς Ἄργους . . ὁ. leading straight to Argos, E.Hipp.1197 ; τῆς ἀληθείας ὁ. the way to truth, Id.Fr.289 ; cf. νόστος 1.1.    2 with Preps., πρὸ ὁδοῦ further on the way, forwards, Il.4.382 (cf. φροῦδος) ; later, = προὔργου, profitable, useful, πρὸ ὁ. εἶναι πρός τι 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.1.41,111 ; κατὰ τὴν ὁ. along the road, Pl.Smp.174d, cf. infr. 111.3 ; ἐκ τῆς ὁ. on his road, Hdt.1.157 (but ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὁ. 'the man in the street', Eup.25 D.) ; ἐν ὁδῷ on a road, Hdt.1.114 ; ἐν τῇ ὁ. μέσῃ Id.3.76 (but ἐν ὁ. καθελών Lexap.D.23.53, expld. by ἐν λόχῳ καὶ ἐνέδρᾳ by Harp. s.v. ὁδός) ; ὁδοῦ πάρεργον by the way, cursorily, Cic.Att.5.21.13,7.1.5, Gal.11.607.    3 ὁδός is freq. omitted, ἐπορευόμην τὴν ἔξω τείχους Pl.Ly. 203a ; ἡ ἐπὶ θανάτου, v. θάνατος ; cf. τηνάλλως.    II 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.) ; ὁ. ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή Heraclit. 60 ; also, expedition, foray, ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι Il.1.151, cf. A.Th.714 ; τριήκοντα ἡμερέων . . ὁ. 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, τὴν ὁ. ἣν Ἑλένην περ ἀνήγαγεν by or in which . ., Il.6.292 ; οὐρανοῦ τέμνων ὁ. . . Ἥλιε, 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 ὁ. is road, μέσην ἔρχευ τὴν ὁ. Thgn.220 ; ὁ. χωρεῖν Th.3.24 ; ἰόντες τὴν ἱρὴν ὁ., from Delphi, Hdt.6.34.    III metaph., way or manner, πολλαὶ δ' ὁ. . . εὐπραγίας Pi.O.8.13 ; γλώσσης ἀγαθῆς ὁδός A.Eu.989 (anap.) ; θεσπεσία ὁ. the way or course of divination, Id.Ag.1154(lyr.); μαντικῆς ὁ. S.OT311 ; οἰωνῶν ὁδοῖς Id.OC1314 ; σῶν ὁ. βουλευμάτων E.Hec.744 ; γνώμης Id.Hipp.290 ; λογίων ὁ. their way, intent, Ar.Eq.1015 ; εὐτελείας ὁ. Jul.Or.6.198d.    2 a way of doing, speaking, etc., τῆσδ' ἀφ' ὁδοῦ διζήσιος Parm.1.33, cf. 8.18 ; τριφασίας ἄλλας ὁ. λόγων ways of telling the story, Hdt.1.95, cf. 2.20,22 ; but τριφασίας ὁ. τρέπεται turns into three forms, Id.6.119 ; ἄδικον ὁ. ἰέναι Th.3.64 ; ὁ. ἥντιν' ἰών by what course of action, Ar.Pl.506, cf. Nu.75 ; ἢν ἔχομεν ὁ. λόγων Id.Pax733 ; μία δὴ λείπεται . . ὁ. Pl.Smp.184b.    3 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. διέξοδον 208a).    4 of the Christian Faith and its followers, Act.Ap.9.2, 22.4, 24.14. (Root sed- 'go', in Skt. sad-, ā-sad- 'come to', 'reach', OSlav. choditi 'go'.)