way, road,
ὁδός,ἡ(οὐδόςonce in Hom. , Od. 17.196 ):
I. of Place,way, road,
Il. 12.168 , 16.374 , IG 12.878 , al. ; ἱππηλασίη ὁ.
Il. 7.340
; λαοφόρος
15.682
; ὁ. ἁμαξιτός
Pi. N. 6.54
;ὁ. ἱερά,to Eleusis, Paus. 1.36.3 , cf. IG 12.881 ; βασιλικὴ ὁ.
PPetr. 3p.65
(iii B.C.), PSI 8.917.8
(i A. D.);ποταμοῦ ὁ. course, channelof 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 wayto 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 τιto behelpfultowards . . , 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 theroad,
Pl. Smp. 174d , cf. infr. 111.3 ;ἐκ τῆς ὁ.on hisroad,
Hdt. 1.157 (butἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὁ.'the man in the street', Eup. 25
D. ) ;ἐν ὁδῷona road,
Hdt. 1.114 ; ἐν τῇ ὁ. μέσῃ
Id. 3.76
(butἐν ὁ. καθελώνLexap. D. 23.53 , expld. byἐν λόχῳ καὶ ἐνέδρᾳby Harp.
s.v. ὁδός ) ;ὁδοῦ πάρεργονbythe way,cursorily, Cic. Att. 5.21.13 , 7.1.5 , Gal. 11.607 .
3. ὁδόςis 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 ; also ὅσον ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ὁδόν
Id. 3.5
(codd.,ὁδοῦedd.) ; ἄστρων ὁδοί
E. El. 728
(lyr.): as acc. cogn. with Verb of motion,τὴν ὁ. ἣν Ἑλένην περ ἀνήγαγεν byorin which . . ,
Il. 6.292 ;οὐρανοῦ τέμνων ὁ. . . Ἥλιε,metaph. from a ship, E. Ph. 1 (but in Proseὁ. τέμνεινis to make aroad,
Th. 2.100 , Pl. Lg. 810e ) ; similarly whereὁ.isroad,
μέσην ἔρχευ τὴν ὁ.
Thgn. 220
; ὁ. χωρεῖν
Th. 3.24
;ἰόντες τὴν ἱρὴν ὁ.,from Delphi, Hdt. 6.34 .
III. metaph.,wayormanner,
πολλαὶ δ' ὁ. . . εὐπραγίας
Pi. O. 8.13
; γλώσσης ἀγαθῆς ὁδός
A. Eu. 989
(anap.) ;θεσπεσία ὁ. the wayorcourseof divination, Id. Ag. 1154 (lyr.); μαντικῆς ὁ.
S. OT 311
; οἰωνῶν ὁδοῖς
Id. OC 1314
; σῶν ὁ. βουλευμάτων
E. Hec. 744
; γνώμης
Id. Hipp. 290
;λογίων ὁ.theirway, intent,
Ar. Eq. 1015 ; εὐτελείας ὁ.
Jul. Or. 6.198d
.
2. a wayof doing, speaking, etc., τῆσδ' ἀφ' ὁδοῦ διζήσιος
Parm. 1.33
, cf. 8.18 ;τριφασίας ἄλλας ὁ. λόγων waysof telling the story, Hdt. 1.95 , cf. 2.20 , 22 ; butτριφασίας ὁ. τρέπεταιturns into threeforms,
Id. 6.119 ; ἄδικον ὁ. ἰέναι
Th. 3.64
;ὁ. ἥντιν' ἰώνby whatcourse of action,
Ar. Pl. 506 , cf. Nu. 75 ; ἢν ἔχομεν ὁ. λόγων
Id. Pax 733
; 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. ; so καθ' ὁδόν
Pl. R. 435a
; τὴν διὰ τοῦ στοιχείου ὁ. ἔχων ἔγραφεν
Id. Tht. 208b
(cf. διέξοδον
208a
).
4. ofthe Christian Faith and its followers,
Act.Ap. 9.2 , 22.4 , 24.14 . (Rootsed-'go', in Skt.sad-, ā-sad-'come to', 'reach', OSlav.choditi'go'.)
