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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ladder]] or <b class="b2">steps to ascend by: scaling ladder</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span> 91.48</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.25.3</span>,<span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>7.9.2</span>,<span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>4.27.1</span>; <b class="b2">ship's ladder, gangway</b>, <span class="bibl">D.S.12.62</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. metaph., <b class="b2">means of approach, stepping-stone</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.3.24.14</span> (pl.); ἐ. ἔχειν τὴν Ἄβυδον <span class="bibl">Id.16.29.2</span>; γάμον ἐ. τισὶ γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>11.8.2</span>; <b class="b3">τῆς Ἑλλάδος</b> <b class="b2">towards . .</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>8</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ ἑξῆς</b> λόγῳ <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>1.7.22</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plot.1.6.1</span>; εἰς τὸ ἐξευρεῖν Gal.9.149. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. [[platform]] for engines of war, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>7.8.5</span>; [[base]], [[foundation]], <b class="b3">γῆ . . τοῖς</b> <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐτῆς βεβηκόσιν ἑδραία ἐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plot.2.1.7</span>: metaph., γεῦσις ἐ. τῶν αἰσθήσεων <span class="bibl">Ph.1.665</span>.</span>