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|Definition=(Boeot. βέφυρα <span class="bibl">Stratt.47.5</span>), Lacon. δίφουρα Hsch., Cret. δέφυρα <span class="title">GDI</span>5000 ii <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> b 6 (Gortyn), ἡ (used by Hom. only in Il., always in plural):—[[dyke]], [[dam]], ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ, ὅς τ' ὦκα ῥέων ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας· τὸν δ' οὔτ' ἄρ τε γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι ἰσχανόωσι <span class="bibl">Il.5.88</span>; cf. [[γεφυρόω]]: metaph., <b class="b3">πολέμοιο γέφυραι</b>, expld. by Sch.Il. as <b class="b3">αἱ δίοδοι τῶν φαλάγγων</b>, i. e. the [[open space]] between hostile armies, but more prob. [[limits]] of the battlefield, <span class="bibl">Il.4.371</span>, <span class="bibl">11.160</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">πόντου γ</b>. of the Isthmus of Corinth, [[causeway]] through the sea, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.39</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">I.</span> 4(3).20</span>; so, of the [[causeway]] between Athens and Eleusis, <span class="title">Carm.Pop.</span>9; at the Euripus, <span class="bibl">Str.9.2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> after Hom., in sg., [[bridge]], γέφυραν ζευγνύναι <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.97</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.75</span> (pl.); γ. γαῖν δυοῖν ζευκτηρίαν <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>736</span>; γ. λῦσαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.4.17</span>; πόρον ὑπὲρ γεφυρῶν ἄγοντες <span class="bibl">Lib. <span class="title">Or.</span>11.243</span>; also, of [[a tunnel]], ὑποστείχει γ. <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">VA</span>1.25</span>.</span>