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βαθύκολπος

bathukolpos

with dress falling in deep folds

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Where it lives

  • Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
  • Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

βᾰθῠ-κολπος · bathy-kolpos — LSJ

with dress falling in deep folds, with deep, full breasts, deep-bosomed

with dress falling in deep folds (cf. βαθύζωνος), epith. of Trojan women, Il. 18.122, 339, 24.215; of Nymphs, h.Cer. 5, Ven. 257; Muses, Pi. P. 1.12; παρθένος (of Aegina) Id. Pae. 6.135: hence, with deep, full breasts, ἐκ β. στηθέων A. Th. 864 (lyr.): metaph. of the earth, deep-bosomed, Pi. P. 9.101.

2 very deep, with deep foundations, set deep

simply, very deep, χειή Nonn. D. 12.327; with deep foundations, ib. 40.534; set deep, ὀχῆα ib. 21.94.

3

= ἀρχαία, παλαιά, κοίλη, Hsch.

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Where it came from

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