πηγή
Alt. πηγη, doricπαγά, ἡ,
I. mostly in pl. of "running waters, streams", Hom., etc.; distinct from κρουνός "(the spring or well-head)", κρουνὼ δ᾽ ἵκανον καλλιρρόω, ἔνθα δὲ πηγαὶ δοιαὶ ἀναΐσσουσι Il.:—in sg., Aesch.
2. metaph. "streams", of tears, πηγαὶ κλαυμάτων, δακρύων id=Aesch., Soph.; so, πηγαὶ γάλακτος Soph.; πόντου πηγαῖς with sea- "water", Eur.; παγαὶ πυρός Pind.
II. = κρήνη, "a fount, source", πηγαὶ ἡλίου "the fount" of light, i. e. the East, Aesch.:—in sg., πηγὴ ἀργύρου, of the silver-mines at Laureion, id=Aesch.; τῆς ἀκουούσης πηγῆς δι᾽ ὤτων, i. e. the sense of hearing, Soph.
2. metaph. "the fount, source, origin", πηγὴ κακῶν Aesch.; ἡδονῶν, νοσημάτων Plat.