φάραγξ [ᾰ], αγγος, ἡ,
cleft, chasm, especially in a mountain side, ravine, gully, [[ 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 60.1 (_plural_); φ. πρὸς δυσχειμέρῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 15, compare 142 (_anapaest meter_), +others, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 277, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.13, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.5.2 (_plural_), “Schwyzer” 289.161 (Priene, 2nd c.BC)] Refs 7th c.BC+], etc.; πᾶσα φ. πληρωθήσεται [[ LXX.Isa.40.4; πάντας.. ἐς φάραγγα ἐσέβαλον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.67; ἐν πύλαισι γὰρ σταθεὶς φάραγγος ] LXX+5th c.BC+]of the cave, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 668 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φάραγγα δακτύλου πιάσματι σύρει, of shaping a roll before it is baked, [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 75.11:— _metaphorically_, of Cleon, φάραγγα καὶ Χάρυβδιν ἁρπαγῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 248 (troch.). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II metaphorically, of the anus, [[ 3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus 2.2. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]