κλεῖθρον: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=Ion. κλήϊθρον, Att. κλῇθρον, Dor. κλᾷθρον (v.infr.), τό<b class="b3">, κλείω</b> A) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">bar</b> for closing a door, in pl., κλῄθρων λυθέντων <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>396</span>; διοίγειν κλῇθρα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1287</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1294</span>; <b class="b3">κλῇθρα πύλης, δόμων</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1186</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>1029</span> (lyr.); κλῇθρα χαλάσθω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1484</span>; κλῄθροισι τὰ προπύλαια πακτοῦν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lys.</span>264</span>; διακόπτοντες ταῖς ἀξίναις τὰ κλεῖθρα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.1.17</span>; σιδηρᾶ κ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ax.</span>371b</span>; sg., ἀμφιδέαι . . ἀπὸ κλείθρου <span class="title">IG</span>22.1627.319. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">boom</b> of a harbour, τοῦ λιμένος τὸ κ. <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.11.3</span>: usu. in pl., τὰ στόματα τῶν λιμένων φράττειν τοῖς κ. <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>94.42</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.S.18.64</span>; τὰ κ. τοῦ Πειραιέως <span class="bibl">Ath.12.535d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐπὶ θάμνοις καὶ κλείθροις</b> <b class="b2">fences, railings</b>, Gal.12.296. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[κλειθρία]], μεγάροιο διὰ κλήϊθρον ἔδυνεν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>146</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">οἱ τὰ κ. ἔχοντες</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τῆς Πελοποννήσου</b>), of the Corinthians, <span class="bibl">Str.8.6.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">9.4.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">entrance of the windpipe</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>2.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> as place-name, <b class="b3">ἐν τοῖς Κλᾴθροις</b> in the <b class="b2">Narrows, Mnemos</b>.<span class="bibl">42.332</span> (Argos).</span>

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