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|Definition=ῶνος, ὁ, also ἡ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>549</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>244</span>, <span class="bibl">Carc.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span> 2.6</span>:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[hollow]] between hills or banks, [[defile]], [[glen]], h.Merc.95, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.128</span>,<span class="bibl">129</span>, Ar.l.c. (lyr.); expld. as <b class="b3">οἱ στενοὶ καὶ ἐπιμήκεις ποταμοί</b> Sch. Il.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>221 xiv 19. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[channel]], [[trench]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>167</span>A, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.100</span>,<span class="bibl">127</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.3.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[strait]], Μαιωτικός <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>731</span>; <b class="b3">πόντιαι αὐ</b>. sea-[[straits]], [[channels]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>100</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[pipe]], [[conduit]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>79a</span>; metaph. of [[windpipe]] or [[duct]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>664a27</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>4.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[furrow]] in an elephant's hide, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.13</span>.</span>