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στενωπός

στενωπός, narrow, strait, confined; (subst) mountain pass, strait

στενωπ-ός, Ion. and Ep. στεινωπός, όν, (στενός, ὀπή)
  • narrow, στεινωπὸς ὁδός Il. 7.143, 23.416; στενωπότεραι αἱ διέξοδοι τροφῆς Hp. Vict. 2.40; πόντος στειν. A.R. 2.1191; στειν. παλάμαι Emp. 2; ἐν οὕτω στενωπῷ in so narrow a space, D.S. 31.9 codd. Phot.
    • II mostly as Subst., στενωπός, ὁ (στενωπή, ἡ, Plu. Prov. 1.61), narrow passage, strait, of the straits of Messina, στεινωπὸν ἀνεπλέομεν Od. 12.234; στενωποῦ πλησίον θαλασσίου A. Pr. 366; σ. ἁλός A.R. 2.333, cf. 549 (so, of the Hellespont, σ. ὕδωρ Ἕλλης D.P. 515); mountain-pass, defile, S. OT 1399; lane, alley, Pherecr. 108.4, Nicostr.Com. 24, Thphr. Vent. 29, D.S. 12.10, Paus. 5.15.2; σ. Ἅιδου the narrow entrance to Hades, S. Fr. 832; of the blood-vessels, Pl. Ti. 70b.

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