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φρέ-αρ , ep. φρεῖαρ Nic.Th.486, τό, gen. φρέα_τος (v. sub fin.), contr.
A.φρητόςIGRom.1.1167C6 (Egypt, i A. D.), Hdn.Gr.1.409; Ep. dat. “φρέα^τιh.Cer.99 (s. v.l.), “φρητίCall.Cer.15; pl. φρέα_τα, also “φρῆταPCair.Zen.499.12 (iii B. C.); Ep. pl. φρεία^τα (v. infr.):—an artificial well (thus distd. from κρήνη, cf. Hdt.4.120, D.14.30; but φ. ἀσφάλτον naphtha-spring, LXXGe.14.10, cf. Hdt.6.119), “πᾶσαι κρῆναι καὶ φρείατα μακρὰ νάουσινIl.21.197; the stem φρεατ - first in h.Cer.l.c.
2. later, tank, cistern, reservoir, Hdt.1.68, Th.2.48,49, PHal.1.98 (iii B. C.), etc.; “εἰς φ. καταβαίνειν καὶ κολυμβᾶνPl.La.193c, cf. Prt.350a; “φ. ὀρώρυκταιS.E.M.8.129; ποιητὰ φ., v. ποιητός 1: generally, pit,φ. διαφθορᾶςLXX Ps.54 (55). 24.
b. perh. oil-jar, Ar.Pl.810.
3. metaph., “εἰς φρέατά τε καὶ πᾶσαν ἀπορίαν ἐμπίπτωνPl.Tht.174c; ἐν φρέατι συσχόμενος ib. 165b; περὶ τὸ φ. ὄρχησις, prov. of persons 'on the brink of a volcano', Plu.2.68b; λύκος περὶ φ. χορεύει prov. ap. Hsch., Phot.; πίνειν ἐξ ἀργυροῦ φρέατος, i.e. a large wine-cup, Ath.5.192a, cf. Chamaeleon ap.eund.11.461c. [Att. gen. “φρέα_τοςAr.Ec.1004, Fr. 295, Stratt.57 (troch.), Alex.179, Apollod.Gel.1.] (Orig. φρηϝṛ, gen. φρηϝτος, cf. Arm. albiur 'well', Goth. and OE. brunna 'stream, burn', Lat. ferveo, defrutum.
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