δίοδος, ἡ,
way through, passage, pass, of Thermopylae, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.201, compare 9.99, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 658, “IG” 22.463.122, etc.; δ. ὕδατος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.102 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄστρων δίοδοι their pathways, orbits, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1050 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. ἔχειν to command the road, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.32; αἱ δ. τῶν πτερῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. αἰτεῖσθαι, αἰτεῖν, ask leave to pass, demand a safe-conduct, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 189, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.151. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II passing through the bowels, μελάνων [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.127. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]