πέτρα,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect πέτρη, ἡ, rock; frequently of cliffs, ledges, etc. by the sea, λισσὴ αἰπεῖά τε εἰς ἅλα πέτρη [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.293, compare 4.501, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χῶρος λεῖος πετράων free from rocks, of a beach,[[ 5.443; π. ἠλίβατος.. ἁλὸς ἐγγὺς ἐοῦσα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.618, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χοιρὰς π. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.52 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, rocky peak or ridge, αἰγίλιψ π. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.15, etc.; ἠλίβατος 16.35, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; λιττὰς π. [[ 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica “Supp.” 1.30, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 796 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 6th c.BC+]; π. Λευκάς, Ὠλενίη, etc., [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 24.11, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.757, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. σύνδρομοι, Συμπληγάδες, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.209, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1264 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς πέτραις ὑψηλοκρήμνοις, of Caucasus, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 4, compare 31, 56, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; π. Δελφίς, π. δίλοφος, of Parnassus, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 464 (Lyric poetry), “Ant.” 1126 (Lyric poetry); π. Κωρυκίς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 22 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; π. Κεκροπία, of the Acropolis, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 936. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 π. γλαφυρή a hollow rock, i.e. a cave, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.88, compare 4.107 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; σπέος κοιλῇ ὑπὸ π. [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 301 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δίστομος π. cave in the rock with a double entrance, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 16, compare 937 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατηρεφεῖς αὐτῇ τῇ π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 116b; π. ἀντρώδης 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 4.3.11; τόπος κύκλῳ πέτραις περιεχόμενος “IG” 42(1).122.21 (Epid.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἕως τῆς π. down to virgin rock, [[ 3rd c.BC: Zenon Papyri du Caire 172.14 (3rd c.BC), “OGI” 672 (Egypt, 1st c.AD),cf. NT.Matt.16.18. ] NT+3rd c.BC+]