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σῆραγξ

seragx

cave hollowed out by water, hollow rock

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Where it lives

De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k
Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k

What it meant

1. σῆραγξ · sēranx — Beekes

σῆραγξ, -γγος [f., m.] ‘cave hollowed out by water, hollow rock’ (S., PL, Arist.), also used of cavities and pores of the body (medic.), metaph. = ἐπιθυμία ‘desire’ (H.). <{PG(S)> eVAR Also onpayyos. *DER onpayy-tov [n.] washing place in Piraeus (Att.), -wdn¢ ‘full of σ᾿ (medic. Paus.), -όομαι, -όω ‘to be hollow, make porous’ (late). *ETYM Formally similar to synonymous φάραγξ; cf. also φάλαγξ, etc. (Chantraine … — [Beekes, s.v. σῆραγξ, p. 1375]

2. σῆραγξ · sēranx — Chantraine

σῆραγξ, τ γος : f. cavité creusée par l’eau, anfractuosité dans des rochers (S., PL, etc.), pore du poumon (P1., etc.) ; nom d’une planche utilisée par les chercheurs d'or, οἵ. σηλαγγεύς (Agatharch. 27); au figuré (?) σήραγγος ἢ σῇραγξ ᾿ ἐπιθυμία (Hsch.). Dérivés : σηράγγιον emplacement où se trouvait un établissement de bains près de Zéa (att.) ; -ώδης « plein de cavités » (médec., Paus., etc.) ; — [Chantraine, s.v. σῆραγξ, p. 1019]

3. σῆραγξ · sēranx — LSJ

cave hollowed out by water, hollow rock, den, pores, bronchi, medullary cavity

cave hollowed out by water, hollow rock, S. Fr. 549, Pl. Phd. 110a, Arist. HA 548a24, al.; of a lionʼs den, Theoc. 25.223; of the sponge-like pores of the lungs, Pl. Ti. 70c, Ps.-Democr. in Hp. Ep. 23; of the bronchi, Ruf. Onom. 159; medullary cavity of a bone, Antyll. ap. Orib. 44.20.11.

II used by σηλαγγεύς

= σανίδωμα used by σηλαγγεύς (q.v.), Agatharch. 27.

III

v. σήραγγος.

In the wild

σήραγγας · sērangas Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 95)
σήραγγας · sērangas Euripides, Helen (DIORISIS sentence 210)
σήραγγες · sēranges Plato, Phaedo 110 (DIORISIS sentence 1127)
σήραγγας · sērangas Plato, Timaeus 70 (DIORISIS sentence 660)

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σῆραγξ (scan p. 1375; entry #5486).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σῆραγξ (scan p. 1019; entry #7193).

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