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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[river]], [[stream]], Ὠκεανοῖο ἐξ οὗ περ πάντες π. Il.21.196; ποταμὸς [[ἁλιμυρήεις]], [[ἀργυροδίνης]], [[βαθυδίνης]], [[βαθύρροος]], [[δεινός]], [[διιπετής]], [[δινήεις]], [[ἐΰρροος]], [[ἐρίδουπος]], εὐρὺ [[ῥέων]], [[θεῖος]], [[ἱερός]], [[ἴφθιμος]], [[καλλίροος]], [[κελάδων]], [[λάβρος]], [[πλήθων]], [[χειμάρροος]], [[ὠκύροος]], Od.5.460, Il.21.8, 212, 8, 25, 17.263, Od.11.242, Il.21.130, Od.10.515 (pl.), Il.21.304, Od.11.238, 10.351 (pl.), Il.17.749 (pl.), Od.5.441, Il.18.576, 21.270, 5.87, 87, 598; νυκτὸς ποταμός, of the [[river]]s of [[hell]], Pi.Fr.130.9: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἄνω ποταμῶν]], of [[extraordinary]] [[event]]s, A.Fr.335, etc. (in full, ἄνω ποταμῶν ἱερῶν χωροῦσι παγαί = the springs of sacred rivers flow upward E.Med.410 (lyr.)); [[ποταμῷ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμβῆναι δὶς τῷ αὐτῷ]] = it is impossible to step twice in the same river / you cannot step twice into the same rivers. Heraclit. 91; π. θαλάσσῃ ἐρίζεις, of [[unequal]] [[combat]]s, Suid., etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[river]]s of [[fire]] or [[lava]], Pi.P.1.22, A.Pr.370: Com., ζωμοῦ π. κρέα θερμὰ κυλίνδων Telecl.1.8, cf. Pherecr.108.3; also ποταμὸς πραγμάτων Porph. Marc.5.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[artificial]] [[stream]], [[canal]], Str.16.1.10, Arr.An.7.21.1; οἱ ὀρυχθέντες π. OGI54.23 (Adule, iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> personified, [[rivergod]], Il.20.7, 73, etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> name of the [[constellation]] [[Eridanus]], Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.20, Arat.358, etc.