κλεῖθρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[κλήϊθρον]], Att. [[κλῇθρον]], Dor. [[κλᾷθρον]] (v.infr.), τό, [[κλείω]] A) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bar]] for [[closing]] a [[door]], in plural, κλῄθρων λυθέντων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>396</span>; [[διοίγειν]] κλῇθρα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1287</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1294</span>; <b class="b3">κλῇθρα πύλης, κλῇθρα δόμων</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1186</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1029</span> (lyr.); κλῇθρα χαλάσθω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1484</span>; κλῄθροισι τὰ προπύλαια πακτοῦν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>264</span>; διακόπτοντες ταῖς ἀξίναις τὰ κλεῖθρα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.1.17</span>; σιδηρᾶ κλεῖθρα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>371b</span>; sg., ἀμφιδέαι… ἀπὸ κλείθρου <span class="title">IG</span>22.1627.319. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[boom]] of a [[harbour]], τοῦ λιμένος τὸ κλεῖθρον <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.11.3</span>: usually in plural, τὰ στόματα τῶν λιμένων [[φράττειν]] τοῖς κλείθροις <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>94.42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.18.64</span>; τὰ κλεῖθρα τοῦ Πειραιέως <span class="bibl">Ath.12.535d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐπὶ θάμνοις καὶ κλείθροις</b> [[fence]]s, [[railing]]s, Gal.12.296. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[κλειθρία]], μεγάροιο διὰ κλήϊθρον ἔδυνεν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>146</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">οἱ τὰ κλεῖθρα ἔχοντες</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">τῆς Πελοποννήσου</b>), of the [[Corinthians]], <span class="bibl">Str.8.6.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.4.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[entrance]] of the [[windpipe]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>2.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> as placename, <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς Κλᾴθροις</b> [[in the Narrows]], Mnemos.<span class="bibl">42.332</span> (Argos).</span>