ἄντλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, in <span class="bibl">Poll.1.92</span> also <b class="b3">ἄντλον, τό</b>:—in Hom., <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[hold of a ship]], <span class="bibl">Od.12.411</span>, <span class="bibl">15.479</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[bilge-water]], <b class="b3">πόλις . . ἄντλον οὐκ ἐδέξατο</b> let in no [[water]], metaph. for 'let no enemy come in', <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>796</span>; <b class="b3">ἄντλον εἴργειν ναός</b> pump out [[water]] from a ship, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>691</span>; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄντλον ἐμβαίνειν πόδα</b>, metaph. for getting into a difficulty, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Heracl.</span>168</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> a [[flood]] of water, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>9.53</span>; ἀλίμενον ὥς τις εἰς ἄντλον πεσών <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 1025</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐν ἄντλῳ τιθέναι</b> [[scuttle]], [[sink]], metaph., ὕβριν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>8.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[bucket]], <span class="bibl">Man.6.424</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[heap of corn]], threshed but not yet cleansed, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>114</span>,<span class="bibl">546</span>, <span class="bibl">Q.S.1.352</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>6.258 (Adaeus).</span>