ἄντλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, in Poll.1.92 also [[ἄντλον]], τό:—in Hom.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[hold of a ship]], Od.12.411, 15.479.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[bilgewater]], <b class="b3">πόλις.. ἄντλον οὐκ ἐδέξατο</b> let in no [[water]], metaph. for 'let no enemy come in', A.''Th.''796; <b class="b3">ἄντλον εἴργειν ναός</b> pump out [[water]] from a [[ship]], E.''Tr.''691; <b class="b3">εἰς ἄντλον ἐμβαίνειν πόδα</b>, metaph. for getting into a difficulty, Id.''Heracl.''168.<br><span class="bld">3</span> a [[flood]] of [[water]], Pi.''O.''9.53; ἀλίμενον ὥς τις εἰς ἄντλον πεσών E.''Hec.'' 1025 (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἐν ἄντλῳ τιθέναι</b> [[scuttle]], [[sink]], metaph., ὕβριν Pi.''P.''8.12.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[bucket]], Man.6.424.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[heap of corn]], threshed but not yet cleansed, Nic.''Th.''114,546, Q.S.1.352, ''AP''6.258 (Adaeus).