φρέαρ phrear · G5421

φρέ-αρ, ; epigram φρεῖαρ [], contraction φρητός [], Hdn.Gr.1.409; Epic dialect dative φρέᾰτι []; plural φρέᾱτα, also φρῆτα []; Epic dialect plural φρείᾰτα (see. below):—an artificial well (thus distinguished from κρήνη,[]; but φ. ἀσφάλτον naphtha-spring, []; the stem φρεατ - first in []; 2 later, tank, cistern, reservoir, [], etc.; εἰς φ. καταβαίνειν καὶ κολυμβᾶν []: generally, pit, φ. διαφθορᾶς []; 2.b perhaps oil-jar, []; 3 metaphorically, εἰς φρέατά τε καὶ πᾶσαν ἀπορίαν ἐμπίπτων []; ἡ περὶ …