1. βόθρος · bothros — Beekes
The corpus record
βόθρος
bothros
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Where it lives
- Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
- Ezechiel 9 · 3.11/10k
- Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
- Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
- Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
- Economics 3 · 1.69/10k
- Siracides 3 · 1.63/10k
- Psalmi 3 · 0.88/10k
- Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k
- Odyssey 6 · 0.69/10k
- Regnorum I 1 · 0.54/10k
- Anabasis 2 · 0.36/10k
Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. βόθρος · bothros — Chantraine
3. Βόθρος · Bothros — Chantraine
4. βόθρ-ος · bothr-os — LSJ
hole, trench, or pit dug in the ground, βόθρον ὀρύξαι Od. 10.517; βόθρου τʼ ἐξέστρεψε [τὴν ἐλαίαν] Il. 17.58; trough, Od. 6.92: generally, hollow, X. An. 4.5.6; grave, IG 14.238 (Aerae); ritual pit for offerings to ὑποχθόνιοι θεοί, β. καὶ μέγαρα Porph. Antr. 6.
In the wild
- βόθρον · bothron Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1496)
- βόθρον · bothron Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1497)
- βόθρον · bothron Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 238)
- βόθρον · bothron Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5268)
- βόθρου · bothrou Iliad 17.58
- βόθρον · bothron Odyssey 10.517
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βόθρος (scan p. 271; entry #1202).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βόθρος (scan p. 197; entry #1341).
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