Bible Lexicons

πάροδος

(A), ὁ, = cross παροδίτης, LXX Ezekiel 16:25, IG 14.1372 (Rome), 12(7).445 (Aegiale), BCH 46.355 (Lebedus), CIG 3273 (Smyrna).

πάροδος

(B), ἡ,

way by or past, passage, Th. 3.21, Arist. Cael. 294b26; π. καὶ τροπαὶ τῶν ἄστρων ib. 296b4, cf. Simp. in Cael. 507.24; π. τοῦ χρόνου passage, lapse of time, Porph. Sent. 44. Astrol., rotation of chronocratory, Vett. Val. 37.9, cf. Ptol. Tetr. 109.

2. going by or past, passing, entrance, Th. 4.82; ἐν τῇ π. as they passed by, Id. 1.126, cf. Plb. 5.68.8; κατὰ τὴν π. Id. 21.46.12; ἐκ π., ἐν π., by the way, cursorily, Arist. Cael. 306b27, Phld. Rh. 1.245 S., D.S. 18.16; π. τινὶ ἐπὶ τὰς ὕστερον πράξεις διδόναι Plu. 2.345c; τὴν π. ἵν' ἔχῃς τῶν θυρῶν εὐνουστέραν entrance by the door, Dionys. Com. 3.17.

II narrow entrance or approach, mountain-pass, as Thermopylae, etc., Lys. 2.30, X. An. 4.7.4, etc.; λαβεῖν τὰς π. take the pass, D. 5.20, cf. 9.32, Phld. Rh. 1.334 S.; opp. δίοδοι, X. Cyn. 6.6. esp. side-entrance on the stage, Semus 20, Poll. 4.126. gallery or passage-way surmounting fortifications, IG 22.463.49,52,1672.110.

III coming forward, appearance, esp. before the assembly, D. 3.29, Jul. Or. 7.205b, etc.

2. first entrance of a chorus in the orchestra, which was made from the side wings, Arist. EN 1123a23, Poll. 4.108; ὥσπερ δράματος Plu. 2.805d. first song sung by the chorus after its entrance, Arist. Po. 1452b22, Plu. 2.785a.

3. use of stage for an artist's performance, ἡ π. εὗρεν δραχμήν Michel 908, 909 (lasos).

4. public recitation, AP 11.422 (Antioch.). in a ship, gangway, passage along the deck, Plu. Demetr. 43: metaph., π. καὶ ἐπιβάθρα τοῦ συγγράφειν Artem. 3 Praef.