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1 Strait
subs.Narrow sea passage: P. and V. στενόν, τό, πορθμός, ὁ, πόρος, ὁ, V. γνάθος, ἡ, στενωπός, ἡ, αὐλών, ὁ, δίαυλος, ὁ.They shall inhabit the plans that front the straight between two continents: V. ἀντίπορθμα δʼ ἠπείροιν δυοῖν πέδια κατοικήσουσι (Eur., Ion, 1585).Straits, difficulties: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ, ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμήχανον, τό, or pl., P. τὰ δυσχερῆ; see also misfortune.Into what straits of necessity have we fallen: V. εἰς οἷʼ ἀνάγκης ζεύγματʼ ἐμπεπτώκαμεν (Eur., I. A. 443).The maintenance of his mercenaries will land him in great straits: P. εἰς στενὸν κομιδῆ τὰ τῆς τροφῆς τοῖς ξένοις αὐτῷ κακαστήσεται (Dem. I5).——————adj.Narrow: P. and V. στενός, V. στενόπορος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Strait
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