προχοή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ἡ, (προχέω) poet. noun, almost always pl., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[outpouring]], i.e. [[mouth]], of a river, ἐπὶ προχοῇσι διιπετέος ποταμοῖο <span class="bibl">Il.17.263</span>; ἐς ποταμοῦ προχοάς <span class="bibl">Od.5.453</span>; ἐν προχοῇς ποταμοῦ <span class="bibl">11.242</span>; ἐν προχοῇς . . Ὠκεανοῖο <span class="bibl">20.65</span>; Τριτωνίδος ἐν προχοαῖς λίμνας <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Anacr. 28</span> codd., <span class="bibl">B.6.3</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1025</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>272</span>, Theoc.Chius in <span class="title">FHG</span> ii 86, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>480</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">θερμαῖς ὕδατος μαλακοῦ π</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>192.8</span> (anap.); ὕδατος προχοὰς χειμερίους <span class="title">AP</span>9.147 (Antag.): sg. is dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span> 757</span>; <b class="b3">προχοὴ τῶν ὑδάτων</b> [[discharge]] of amniotic fluid, <span class="title">Cat.Cod.Astr.</span>8(4).127. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[overflow]], [[flood]], <span class="bibl">A.R.4.271</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[πρόχωσις]], [[promontory]], <span class="bibl">Archestr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>40</span> codd.Ath. (sed leg. <b class="b3">προβολαῖσι</b>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[libations]], IG14.1595, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Marc.</span>23</span>, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>312.16 (Smyrna).</span>