γέφῡρα( Boeot.
βέφυρα
Stratt. 47.5 ), Lacon.
δίφουρα
Hsch. , Cret.δέφυρα
GDI 5000 ii
A. b
6 (Gortyn),ἡ(used by Hom. only in Il. , always in pl.):—dyke, dam, ποταμῷ πλήθοντι ἐοικὼς χειμάρρῳ, ὅς τ' ὦκα ῥέων ἐκέδασσε γεφύρας: τὸν δ' οὔτ' ἄρ τε γέφυραι ἐεργμέναι ἰσχανόωσι
Il. 5.88
; cf.γεφυρόω: metaph.,πολέμοιο γέφυραι, expld. by Sch. Il. asαἱ δίοδοι τῶν φαλάγγων, i. e. theopen spacebetween hostile armies, but more prob.limitsof the battlefield, Il. 4.371 , 11.160 , etc.;πόντου γ.of the Isthmus of Corinth,causewaythrough the sea, Pi. N. 6.39 , cf. I. 4(3).20 ; so, of thecausewaybetween Athens and Eleusis, Carm.Pop. 9 ; at the Euripus, Str. 9.2.2 .
II. after Hom. , in sg.,bridge, γέφυραν ζευγνύναι
Hdt. 4.97
, cf. 1.75 (pl.); γ. γαῖν δυοῖν ζευκτηρίαν