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|Definition=(Boeot. [[βέφυρα]] Stratt.47.5), Lacon. δίφουρα [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], Cret. [[δέφυρα]] ''GDI''5000 ii<br><span class="bld">A</span> b 6 (Gortyn), ἡ (used by Hom. only in Il., always in plural):—[[dyke]], [[dam]], ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ, ὅς τ' ὦκα ῥέων ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας· τὸν δ' οὔτ' ἄρ τε γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι ἰσχανόωσι Il.5.88; cf. [[γεφυρόω]]: metaph., <b class="b3">πολέμοιο γέφυραι</b>, expld. by Sch.Il. as <b class="b3">αἱ δίοδοι τῶν φαλάγγων</b>, i.e. the [[open space]] between hostile armies, but more prob. [[limits]] of the battlefield, Il.4.371, 11.160, etc.; <b class="b3">πόντου γ.</b> of the Isthmus of Corinth, [[causeway]] through the sea, Pi.''N.''6.39, cf.''I.'' 4(3).20; so, of the [[causeway]] between Athens and Eleusis, ''Carm.Pop.''9; at the Euripus, Str.9.2.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> after Hom., in sg., [[bridge]], γέφυραν ζευγνύναι Hdt.4.97, cf. 1.75 (pl.); γ. γαῖν δυοῖν ζευκτηρίαν A. ''Pers.''736; γ. λῦσαι X.''An.''2.4.17; πόρον ὑπὲρ γεφυρῶν ἄγοντες Lib. ''Or.''11.243; also, of a [[tunnel]], ὑποστείχει γ. Philostr.''VA''1.25.