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|Definition=ὁ, ([[πείρω]], [[πόρος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ferry]] or [[place crossed by a ferry]], [[strait]], [[narrow sea]], πορθμὸς Ἰθάκης τε Σάμοιό τε Od.4.671; of the straits of [[Salamis]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.76,91; <b class="b3">πορθμὸν ἀμείφας Ἕλλας</b>, i.e. the [[Hellespont]], A.''Pers.''68(lyr.), cf.722,799; πορθμὸς [[Σαρωνικός]] Id.''Ag.''307; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐς Ἀΐδα πορθμός</b> the [[Styx]], E.''Hec.''1106(lyr.); <b class="b3">ὁ πορθμὸς ὁ περὶ τὴν Σκύλλαν</b>, i.e. the [[straits]] of [[Messina]], Pl.''Ep.''345e, cf. Arist. ''Mir.''834b3, ''Vent.''973b1: hence [[proverb|prov.]], [[πορθμὸς Σικελίας]] a '[[slough of despond]]', Lib.''Ep.''221.1.<br><span class="bld">b</span> generally, the [[sea]], Pi.''I.''4(3).57.<br><span class="bld">2</span> any narrow [[passage]], [[tube]], as of the κλεφύδρα ''1'', Emp.100.10, 17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[crossing by a ferry]], [[passage]], S.''Tr.'' 571, E.''Hel.''532(both pl.); χωρεῖ ὁ π. Macho ap.Ath.8.341c; <b class="b3">πορθμὸς χθονός</b> a [[passage]] to it, E.''Cyc.''108; οὐ πᾶσι π. αὑτὸς Ἀργείοισιν ἦν; Id.''Hel.''127; <b class="b3">τηρήσαντες τὸν πορθμόν</b> watching for the [[opportunity to cross]], Th.6.2.