- ὁδός
- ὁδός, ἡ (οὐδός once in Hom., Od.17.196):I of Place, way, road, Il.12.168, 16.374, IG12.878, al. ;
ἱππηλασίη ὁ. Il.7.340
;λαοφόρος 15.682
;ὁ. ἁμαξιτός Pi.N.6.54
; ὁ. ἱερά, to Eleusis, Paus.1.36.3, cf. IG12.881 ;βασιλικὴ ὁ. PPetr.3p.65
(iii B.C.), PSI8.917.8 (i A. D.) ; ποταμοῦ ὁ. course, channel of a river, X.Cyr.7.5.16 ;ὁ. ἀκοντίου Antipho 3.4.5
: with expression of the direction,ὁδὸς ἐς . . Od. 22.128
;ἡ ὁ. ἡ εἰς ἄστυ Pl.Smp.173b
;ἐπί . . Id.Phdr.272c
; τὴν εὐθὺς Ἄργους . . ὁ. leading straight to Argos, E.Hipp.1197 ; τῆς ἀληθείας ὁ. the way to truth, Id.Fr.289 ; cf.νόστος 1.1
.2 with Preps.,πρὸ ὁδοῦ
further on the way, forwards,Il.
4.382 (cf. φροῦδος) ; later, = προὔργου, profitable, useful, πρὸ ὁ. εἶναι πρός τι to be helpful towards . . , Arist.Cael.292b9, cf. Metaph.1044a24 ;πρὸ ὁδοῦ γέγονεν Id.Pol.1338a35
, cf. D.Prooem.34 ;κατ' ὁδόν
by the way,Hdt.
1.41,111 ; κατὰ τὴν ὁ. along the road, Pl.Smp.174d, cf. infr. 111.3 ; ἐκ τῆς ὁ. on his road, Hdt.1.157 (but ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὁ. 'the man in the street', Eup.25 D.) ; ἐν ὁδῷ on a road, Hdt.1.114 ;ἐν τῇ ὁ. μέσῃ Id.3.76
(but ἐν ὁ. καθελών Lexap.D.23.53, expld. by ἐν λόχῳ καὶ ἐνέδρᾳ by Harp. s.v. ὁδός) ; ὁδοῦ πάρεργον by the way, cursorily, Cic.Att.5.21.13,7.1.5, Gal.11.607.3 ὁδός is freq. omitted,ἐπορευόμην τὴν ἔξω τείχους Pl.Ly. 203a
; ἡ ἐπὶ θανάτου, v. θάνατος ; cf. τηνάλλως.II as an Action, travelling, journeying, whether by land or water, journey, voyage, Od.2.285,8.150, etc.;τρίποδας ὁ. στείχει A.Ag.80
(anap.);τὰν νεάταν ὁ. στείχουσαν S.Ant.807
(lyr.) ;ὁ. ἄνω κάτω μία καὶ ὡυτή Heraclit. 60
; also, expedition, foray,ὁδὸν ἐλθέμεναι Il.1.151
, cf. A.Th.714 ; τριήκοντα ἡμερέων . . ὁ. a thirty days' journey, Hdt.1.104, cf. 206 ; alsoὅσον ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ὁδόν Id.3.5
(codd., ὁδοῦ edd.) ;ἄστρων ὁδοί E. El.728
(lyr.): as acc. cogn. with Verb of motion, τὴν ὁ. ἣν Ἑλένην περ ἀνήγαγεν by or in which . . , Il.6.292 ; οὐρανοῦ τέμνων ὁ. . . Ἥλιε, metaph. from a ship, E.Ph.1 (but in Prose ὁ. τέμνειν is to make a road, Th.2.100, Pl.Lg.810e) ; similarly where ὁ. is road,μέσην ἔρχευ τὴν ὁ. Thgn.220
;ὁ. χωρεῖν Th.3.24
; ἰόντες τὴν ἱρὴν ὁ., from Delphi, Hdt.6.34.III metaph., way or manner,πολλαὶ δ' ὁ. . . εὐπραγίας Pi.O.8.13
;γλώσσης ἀγαθῆς ὁδός A.Eu.989
(anap.) ; θεσπεσία ὁ. the way or course of divination, Id.Ag.1154(lyr.);μαντικῆς ὁ. S.OT311
;οἰωνῶν ὁδοῖς Id.OC1314
;σῶν ὁ. βουλευμάτων E.Hec.744
;γνώμης Id.Hipp.290
; λογίων ὁ. their way, intent, Ar.Eq.1015 ;εὐτελείας ὁ. Jul.Or.6.198d
.2 a way of doing, speaking, etc.,τῆσδ' ἀφ' ὁδοῦ διζήσιος Parm.1.33
, cf. 8.18 ; τριφασίας ἄλλας ὁ. λόγων ways of telling the story, Hdt.1.95, cf. 2.20,22 ; but τριφασίας ὁ. τρέπεται turns into three forms, Id.6.119 ;ἄδικον ὁ. ἰέναι Th.3.64
; ὁ. ἥντιν' ἰών by what course of action, Ar.Pl.506, cf. Nu.75 ;ἢν ἔχομεν ὁ. λόγων Id.Pax733
;μία δὴ λείπεται . . ὁ. Pl.Smp.184b
.3 method, system, Id.Sph.218d, Arist.APr.53a2, al.;ὁδῷ
methodically, systematically,Pl.
R.533b, Stoic.2.39, etc. ; soκαθ' ὁδόν Pl.R.435a
;τὴν διὰ τοῦ στοιχείου ὁ. ἔχων ἔγραφεν Id.Tht.208b
(cf.διέξοδον 208a
).4 of the Christian Faith and its followers, Act.Ap.9.2, 22.4, 24.14. (Root sed- 'go', in Skt. sad-, ā-sad- 'come to', 'reach', OSlav. choditi 'go'.)
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