γόργῡρα · gorgyra — LSJ
underground drain, sewer, a dungeon
underground drain or sewer, Alcm. 132, cf. AB 233, Hsch.: used as a dungeon, Hdt. 3.145, cf. Harp., etc.
The corpus record
γόργῡρα
gorgura · ἡ
underground drain
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Where it lives
- Histories 3 · 0.16/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- γοργύρης · gorgyrēs Herodotus, Histories 3.145.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3987)
- γοργύρῃ · gorgyrēi Herodotus, Histories 3.145.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3987)
- γοργύρης · gorgyrēs Herodotus, Histories 3.145.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3990)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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