The corpus record

γεφυρόω

gephuroo

dam up, throw a bridge over, dam

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Where it lives

Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Histories 8 · 0.44/10k
Iliad 2 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

γεφῡρ-όω · gephyr-oō — LSJ

dam up, throw a bridge over, dam

dam up (cf. γέφυρα I), γεφύρωσεν δέ μιν (sc. τὸν ποταμὸν ἡ πτελέη) Il. 21.245; but in Prose, γ. τὸν ποταμόν throw a bridge over it, Hdt. 4.118; Βόσπορον ib. 88; τοὺς τῆς θαλάττης τροχούς Pl. Criti. 115c; ἐγεφυρώθη ὁ πόρος Hdt. 7.36; πλοίοις τὴν διάβασιν γ. Plb. 3.66.6; also, dam, ποταμοὺς νεκροῖς Luc. DMort. 25[12].2; τὰ δύσπορα Id. Demon. 1, cf. Nonn. D. 27.185.

2 make into a causeway, embankment

make into a causeway or embankment, γεφύρωσεν δὲ κέλευθον Il. 15.357.

metaph, νόστον Ἀτρείδαις γ. Pi. I. 8(7).51 .

In the wild

γεφυρῶσαι · gephyrōsai Herodotus, Histories 2.107.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2282)
γεφυροῖ · gephyroi Herodotus, Histories 4.117.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4802)
γεφυρώσας · gephyrōsas Herodotus, Histories 4.88.2 (DIORISIS sentence 4638)
γεφυρώσας · gephyrōsas Herodotus, Histories 7.10C.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7118)
γεφυρῶσαι · gephyrōsai Herodotus, Histories 7.24.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7245)
ἐγεφύρουν · egephyroun Herodotus, Histories 7.34.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7283)

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