ἀτρᾰπ-ός,
Epic dialect ἀταρπός, as always in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, e.g. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.743] Refs 8th c.BC+], ἡ:— short cut, or generally, path, [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.215, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 76, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.36, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀεὶ μίαν ἀ. πάντες βαδίζουσι [μύρμηκες] [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 622b25. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, walk of life, ἡ πολιτικὴ ἀ.[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 258c; μύθων 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 24; ἱστορίης “IG” 3.716] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. μύρμηκος, see at {μυρμηκιά}.