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βάσις

basis · ἡ

stepping, step

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Where it lives

  • Exodus 40 · 16.9/10k
  • Ichneutae 2 · 11.63/10k
  • Leviticus 11 · 5.88/10k
  • Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
  • Timaeus 11 · 4.65/10k
  • Philoctetes 4 · 4.54/10k
  • Hecuba 3 · 4.19/10k
  • Trachiniae 3 · 4.13/10k
  • Ajax 3 · 3.82/10k
  • Numeri 7 · 3.03/10k
  • Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
  • Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

stepping, step, steps, power to step, rolling, rolling, print

stepping, step, and collectively, steps, A. Eu. 36, S. Aj. 8, etc.: metaph., ἡσύχῳ φρενῶν βάσει A. Ch. 452 (lyr.); οὐκ ἔχων β. power to step, S. Ph. 691 (lyr.); τροχῶν βάσεις the rolling of the wheels, the rolling wheels, Id. El. 718; ἀρβύλης β. the print of the sandal, E. El. 532; ποίμναις τήνδʼ ἐπεμπίπτει βάσιν S. Aj. 42.

2 measured step or movement, rhythmical, metrical movement, rhythmical close, clause forming transition from πρότασις to ἀπόδοσις, metrical unit, monometer

measured step or movement, β. χορείας Ar. Th. 968, cf. Pi. P. 1.2: hence, rhythmical or metrical movement, Pl. R. 399e, Lg. 670d: in Rhet., rhythmical close of a sentence, Hermog. Id. 1.6, al.; clause forming transition from πρότασις to ἀπόδοσις, Id. Inv. 1.5: and in Metric, metrical unit, monometer, Arist. Pol. 1263b35, Metaph. 1087b36, Heph. 11, Longin. Proll.Heph. 3, Mar. Vict. p.47.3 K., etc.

3 order, sequence

order, sequence, θέσις καὶ β. Epicur. Ep. 1p.10U.

II that with which one steps, a foot, feet, leg

that with which one steps, a foot, Pl. Ti. 92a, Arist. GA 750a4; ποδῶν β. E. Hec. 837; θηλύπους β. their womenʼs feet, Id. IA 421; β. δίχηλος, of the ostrich, D.S. 3.28.3: abs., αἱ βάσεις Ph. 1.226, Act.Ap. 3.7; σφὶγξ εἶχε β. λέοντος Apollod. 3.5.8; leg, Id. 1.3.5; βάσεων ἀποκοπαί Diog.Oen. 39.

III that whereon one stands, base, pedestal, foundation, basement

that whereon one stands, base, pedestal, [κρατῆρος] Alex. 119; of statues, OGI 705.6, etc.; τρία ἔργα . . ἐπὶ μιᾶς β. Str. 14.1.14, cf. Luc. Philops. 19; λεβήτων Plb. 5.88.5; of an engine, Hero Bel. 88.1, al.; of a column, PLond. 3.755v6 (iv A. D.): Medic., τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου Herophil. ap. Placit. 4.5.4, cf. Plu. Per. 6; τραχήλου Id. Pyrrh. 34; κοῖλαι βλεφάρων ἰοτυπεῖς βάσιες AP 5.86 (Rufin.); αἱ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς β. Sor. 1.27, cf. Archig. ap. Aët. 16.101(91); of the heart, Gal. UP 6.13; ἐπανόρθωσις τὴν τ

2 base

Geom., base of a solid or plane figure, Pl. Ti. 55b, Arist. APr. 41b15, al.; [κώνου] Democr. 155; πυραμίδος Speus. ap. Theol.Ar. 63.

IV position, fixedness

position, fixedness, opp. φορά, etym. of βέβαιος, Pl. Cra. 437a.

V

Astrol., = ὡροσκόπος, Vett.Val. 88.6, Paul.Al. T. 2, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).132.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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