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|Definition=ep. [[φρεῖαρ]] Nic.''Th.''486, τό, gen. φρέᾱτος (v. sub fin.), contr.<br><span class="bld">A</span> φρητός ''IGRom.''1.1167C6 (Egypt, i A. D.), Hdn.Gr.1.409; Ep. dat. φρέᾰτι ''h.Cer.''99 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]), φρητί Call.''Cer.''15; pl. φρέᾱτα, also φρῆτα ''PCair.Zen.''499.12 (iii B. C.); Ep. pl. φρείᾰτα (v. infr.):—an [[artificial well]] (thus distinguished from [[κρήνη]], cf. Hdt.4.120, D.14.30; but <b class="b3">φρέαρ ἀσφάλτον</b> [[naphtha-spring]], [[LXX]] ''Ge.''14.10, cf. Hdt.6.119), πᾶσαι κρῆναι καὶ φρείατα μακρὰ νάουσιν Il.21.197; the stem φρεατ - first in ''h.Cer.''l.c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> later, [[tank]], [[cistern]], [[reservoir]], Hdt.1.68, Th.2.48,49, ''PHal.''1.98 (iii B. C.), etc.; εἰς φρέαρ [[καταβαίνειν]] καὶ [[κολυμβᾶν]] Pl.''La.''193c, cf. ''Prt.''350a; φ. ὀρώρυκται S.E.''M.''8.129; <b class="b3">ποιητὰ φ</b>., v. [[ποιητός]] ''1'': generally, [[pit]], φρέαρ διαφθορᾶς [[LXX]] ''Ps.''54 (55). 24.<br><span class="bld">b</span> perhaps [[oil-jar]], Ar.''Pl.''810.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., εἰς φρέατά τε καὶ πᾶσαν ἀπορίαν ἐμπίπτων Pl.''Tht.''174c; <b class="b3">ἐν φρέατι συσχόμενος</b> ib. 165b; [[ἡ περὶ τὸ φρέαρ ὄρχησις]], [[proverb|prov.]] of persons '[[on the brink of a volcano]]', Plu.2.68b; <b class="b3">λύκος περὶ φρέατος χορεύει</b> [[proverb|prov.]] ap. Hsch., Phot.; <b class="b3">πίνειν ἐξ ἀργυροῦ φρέατος</b>, i.e. a large wine-cup, Ath.5.192a, cf. Chamaeleon ap.eund.11.461c. [Att. gen. φρέᾱτος Ar.''Ec.''1004, ''Fr.'' 295, Stratt.57 (troch.), Alex.179, Apollod.Gel.1.] (Orig. frhvṛ, gen. frhvṇτος, cf. Arm. albiur 'well', Goth. and OE. brunna 'stream, burn', Lat. [[ferveo]], [[defrutum]].)