δίαυλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῐ], ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">double pipe</b> or <b class="b2">channel</b>: usu. in the race, <b class="b2">double course</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.37</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>825</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.957, al.; compared with <b class="b2">recurrent</b> nerves, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>7.14</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">δ. ἵππος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Vict.</span>2.63</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλιν</b> to run the <b class="b2">homeward course</b>, retrace one's steps, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>344</span>; <b class="b3">δίαυλοι κυμάτων</b> <b class="b2">ebb and flow, rise and fall</b> of the waves, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>29</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς αὐγὰς πάλιν ἁλίου δισσοὺς ἂν ἔβαν διαύλους</b> they would twice <b class="b2">return</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>662</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">1102</span>; τὸν ὕστατον τρέχων δ. τοῦ βίου <span class="bibl">Alex.235</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκπεριτρέχειν διαύλους</b> to run <b class="b2">to and fro</b>, <span class="bibl">Aristaenet.1.27</span>; of a wife's <b class="b2">return</b> to her husband, <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.56.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">strait</b>, <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Tr.</span>435</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> in pl., of <b class="b2">air-passages</b>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span> 2.181</span>.</span>