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διαπορθμ-εύω

diaporthmeuo

carry over

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What it meant

διαπορθμ-εύω · diaporthm-euō — LSJ

carry over, across, carry a message from one to another, to be ferried across

carry over or across a river or strait, Hdt. 4.141, Acus. 29J., etc.; carry a message from one to another, Hdt. 9.4:— Pass., to be ferried across, BGU 1188.10 (i B.C.).

2 transmit

metaph., transmit, θεοῖς τὰ παρʼ ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἀνθρώποις τὰ παρὰ θεῶν Pl. Smp. 202e, cf. Procl. Inst. 148, Iamb. Myst. 1.5; κλῆρον εἰς τοὺς ἐκγόνους Jul. Or. 2.81c.

II ply across, cross over

δ. ποταμόν, of ferry-boats, ply across a river, Hdt. 1.205, 5.52: abs., cross over, Iamb. VP 2.11.

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