δίαυλος [ῐ],ὁ,
A. double pipeorchannel: usu. in the race,double course,
Pi. O. 13.37 , E. El. 825 , IG 22.957 , al.; compared withrecurrentnerves, Gal. UP 7.14 .
b. δ. ἵππος,
Hp. Vict. 2.63 .
2. metaph.,κάμψαι διαύλου θάτερον κῶλον πάλινto run thehomeward course,retrace one's steps, A. Ag. 344 ;δίαυλοι κυμάτων ebb and flow, rise and fallof the waves, E. Hec. 29 ;εἰς αὐγὰς πάλιν ἁλίου δισσοὺς ἂν ἔβαν διαύλουςthey would twicereturn,
Id. HF 662 (lyr.), cf. 1102 ; τὸν ὕστατον τρέχων δ. τοῦ βίου
Alex. 235
;ἐκπεριτ ρέχειν διαύλουςto runto and fro,
Aristaenet. 1.27 ; of a wife'sreturnto her husband, Anaxandr. 56.4 .
II. strait,
E. Tr. 435 .
2. in pl., ofair-passages,
Opp. C. 2.181 .