the Bosporus, Pind. , Eur. ; p. divlofo" , of Parnassus, Soph. —Properly, pevtra is a fixed rock, pevtro" a stone: in Od. 9, pevtrai are masses of live rock torn up by giants.
3. pevtrh glafurhv a hollow rock, i.e. a cave, Il.; divstomo" p . a cave in the rock with a double entrance, Soph.
II. proverbial usages:—on oujk ajpo; druo;" oujdÆ ajpo; pevtrh" , v. dru`" :—as a symbol of firmness, oJ dÆ ejstavqh hjuvte pevtrh Od.; of hardheartedness, ejk pevtra" eijrgasmevno" Aesch. Hence petrai`o"
petrai`o"
petrai`o" , a, on , of a rock, Hes .: living on or among the rocks, Od.; Nuvmfai p . rock- Nymphs, Eur.
2.
of rock, rocky,
tavfo" p
.
Soph.
;
p. deirav", levpa", cqwvn, a[ntra
,
etc.
,
Trag.
II.
Petrai`o"
, epith. of Poseidon in Thessaly, who
clave the rocks of
TempeŒ,
Pind.
petrhdovn
petrhdovn , ( pevtra ) Adv. like rock, Luc.
petrhvei"
petrhvei" , essa, en , ( pevtra ) rocky, Hom ., Hes.
petrhrefhv"
petr-hrefhv" , ev" , ( ejrevfw ) o‘er-arched with rock, rockvaulted, Aesch ., Eur.
petrhvrh"
petr-hvrh" , e", ( * a[rw ) of rock, rocky, Soph.
petrivdion
petrivdion , tov , Dim. of pevtra , Anth.
pevtrino"
pevtriØno" , h, on , ( pevtra ) of rock, rocky, Hdt ., Soph. , Eur.
petroboliva
petroboliva , hJ , a stoning, Xen. From petrobovlo"
petrobovlo"
petro-bovlo" , on , ( bavllw ) throwing stones, Xen.
II. as Subst. , petrobovlo", oJ , an engine for throwing stones, Lat. ballista , Polyb ., etc.
petrovkoito"
petrov-koito" , on , ( koivth ) with bed of rock, Anth.
petrokulisthv"
petro-kuØlisthv" , ou`, oJ , a roller of rocks, Strab.
petrorrifhv"
petror-riØfhv" , ev" , ( rJivptw ) hurled from a rock, Eur.
pevtro", PE vTROS, Pevtro"