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|Definition=Dor. [[παγά]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[running water]], used by Hom. always in plural, [[stream]]s, πηγαὶ ποταμῶν Il.20.9, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.189, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''89,434(lyr.), ''Pers.''311, E.''HF''1297, ''Rh.''827 (lyr.); κρουνὼ δ' ἵκανον καλλιρρόω, ἔνθα δὲ πηγαὶ δοιαὶ ἀναΐσσουσι Il.22.147: sg., <b class="b3">καλλιρρόου ἔψαυσα π.</b> A.''Pers.'' 202, cf. 613.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., of tears, <b class="b3">πηγαὶ κλαυμάτων, πηγαὶ δακρύων</b>, [[stream]]s of [[weeping]], [[stream]]s of [[tear]]s Id.''Ag.''888, S.''Ant.''803, ''Tr.''852 (lyr.): abs., παρειὰν νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''402 (lyr.), cf. E.''Alc.''1068, etc.; also <b class="b3">πηγαὶ γάλακτος, πηγαὶ βοτρύων</b>, S.''El.''895, E.''Cyc.''496 (lyr.); <b class="b3">πόντου πηγαῖς</b> with [[sea water]], Id.''IT''1039; <b class="b3">πηγαὶ τροφῆς τῷ γεννωμένῳ</b>, of mother's milk, Pl.''Mx.''237e; π. μαστῶν ''Inscr.Cos'' 218.8.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[fount]], [[source]], τοῦ Νείλου [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.28, 4.53 (pl.), ''OGI''168.9 (Syene, ii B. C.), Str.17.1.52 (pl.); <b class="b3">πηγαὶ ἡλίου</b> the [[fount]] of [[light]], i.e. the South, [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''809; <b class="b3">πηγαὶ νυκτός</b> the North, S.''Fr.''956; παγὰ ἐπέων Pi.''P.''4.299; <b class="b3">πυρὸς παγαί</b> ib.1.22, cf. [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''110, Pl.''Ti.''79d; <b class="b3">πηγὴ ἀργύρου</b>, of the silver-mines at Laureion, A.''Pers.''238; <b class="b3">τῆς ἀκουούσης π. δι' ὤτων</b>, i.e. the [[sense]] of [[hearing]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1387; <b class="b3">ἀπὸ μιᾶς ἀρχῆς καὶ π.</b> [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''668a15, cf. Plu.2.856e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[source]], [[origin]], mostly in sg., <b class="b3">κακῶν π.</b> A.''Pers.''743; <b class="b3">αἱ τέχναι, ἃς πηγάς</b> φασι τῶν καλῶν εἶναι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.2.13; π. καὶ ἀρχὴ κινήσεως [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''245c; π. ἡδονῶν, τοῦ [[φρονεῖν]], νοσημάτων, etc., Id.''Phlb.''62d, ''Lg.''808d, ''Ti.''85b, etc.; ἀρχαὶ καὶ π. τῶν στάσεων Arist.''Pol.''1301b5, cf. Pl.''Lg.''690d; π. τῆς κακοπραγμοσύνης Plb.18.40.3; <b class="b3">βέβηκα πηγὰς εἰς ἐμάς</b> I have [[return]]ed to the [[source]] of my [[existence]], ''Epigr.Gr.''463 (Crommyon), cf. Dam.''Pr.'' 95,al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[inner canthus]] of [[eye]], supposed source of [[tear]]s, Poll.2.71, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]](both pl.).