γεφυρόω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(γέφυρα) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[dam up]] (cf. [[γέφυρα]] ''1''), <b class="b3">γεφύρωσεν δέ μιν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὸν ποταμὸν ἡ πτελέη</b>) <span class="bibl">Il.21.245</span>; but in Prose, <b class="b3">γ. τὸν ποταμόν</b> [[throw a bridge over]] it, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.118</span>; [[Βόσπορον]] ib.<span class="bibl">88</span>; τοὺς τῆς θαλάττης τροχούς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>115c</span>; ἐγεφυρώθη ὁ πόρος <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.36</span>; πλοίοις τὴν διάβασιν γ. <span class="bibl">Plb.3.66.6</span>; also, [[dam]], ποταμοὺς νεκροῖς <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMort.</span>12.2</span>; τὰ δύσπορα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Demon.</span>1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Nonn. <span class="title">D.</span>27.185</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[make into a causeway]] or [[embankment]], γεφύρωσεν δὲ κέλευθον <span class="bibl">Il.15.357</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> metaph, νόστον Ἀτρείδαις γ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>8(7)</span> <span class="bibl">51</span>.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[γέφυρα]]<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[bridge]] [[over]], make [[passable]] by a [[bridge]], γεφύρωσε δέ μιν (sc. τὸν ποταμὸν ἡ πτελέη) the [[fallen]] [[tree]] made a [[bridge]] [[over]] the [[river]], Il.; γ. τὸν ποταμόν to [[throw]] a [[bridge]] [[over]] it, Hdt.; ἐγεφυρώθη ὁ [[πόρος]] Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to make [a [[passage]] like a [[bridge]], γεφύρωσε κέλευθον he made a [[bridge]]- way, Il.