A.way through, passage, pass, of Thermopylae, Hdt.7.201, cf. 9.99, Ar.Th.658, IG22.463.122, etc.; “δ. ὕδατος” Th.2.102; ἄστρων δίοδοι their pathways, orbits, A.Pr.1050 (lyr.); δ. ἔχειν to command the road, Th.7.32; “αἱ δ. τῶν πτερῶν” Pl.Phdr.255d; δ. αἰτεῖσθαι, αἰτεῖν, ask leave to pass, demand a safe-conduct, Ar.Av.189, Aeschin.3.151.
II. passing through the bowels, “μελάνων” Hp. Prorrh.1.127.