δίοδος,ἡ,
A. way through, passage, pass,of Thermopylae, Hdt. 7.201 , cf. 9.99 , Ar. Th. 658 , IG 22.463.122 , etc.; δ. ὕδατος
Th. 2.102
;ἄστρων δίοδοιtheirpathways, orbits,
A. Pr. 1050 (lyr.);δ. ἔχεινto commandthe road,
Th. 7.32 ; αἱ δ. τῶν πτερῶν
Pl. Phdr. 255d
;δ. αἰτεῖσθαι, αἰτεῖν,askleave to pass,demanda safe-conduct,
Ar. Av. 189 , Aeschin. 3.151 .
II. passingthrough the bowels, μελάνων
Hp. Prorrh. 1.127
.