πηγή,
Doric dialect πᾱγά, ἡ, running water, used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] always in plural, streams, πηγαὶ ποταμῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.9, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.189, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 89, 434 (Lyric poetry), “Pers.” 311, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1297, “Rh.” 827 (Lyric poetry); κρουνὼ δ᾽ ἵκανον καλλιρρόω, ἔνθα δὲ πηγαὶ δοιαὶ ἀναΐσσουσι 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.147: _sing._, καλλιρρόου ἔψαυσα π. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 202, compare 613. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, of tears, πηγαὶ κλαυμάτων, δακρύων, streams.., [[ [prev. author] “Ag.” 888, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 803, “Tr.” 852 (Lyric poetry): _absolutely_, παρειὰν νοτίοις ἔτεγξα παγαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 402 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1068, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also πηγαὶ γάλακτος, βοτρύων, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 895, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 496 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόντου πηγαῖς with sea-water, [[ [prev. author] “IT” 1039 ] Refs]; πηγαὶ τροφῆς τῷ γεννωμένῳ, of mother's milk, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Menexenus” 237e; π. μαστῶν “Inscription Cos” 218.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II fount, source, τοῦ Νείλου [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.28, 4.53 (_plural_), “OGI” 168.9 (Syene, 2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.52 (_plural_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πηγαὶ ἡλίου the fount of light, i. e. the South, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 809 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πηγαὶ νυκτός the North, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 956; παγὰ ἐπέων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.299 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πυρὸς παγαί[[ [prev. work] 1.22, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 110, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 79d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πηγὴ ἀργύρου, of the silver-mines at Laureion, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 238 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῆς ἀκουούσης π. δι᾽ ὤτων, i.e. the sense of hearing, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1387 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ μιᾶς ἀρχῆς καὶ π. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 668a15, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.856e. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]