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βῠθός

buthos

depth (of the seay (A.). < PG> *COMP ἄβυσσος ‘bottomless

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What it meant

1. βυθός · bythos — Beekes

βυθός [m.] ‘depth (of the seay (A.). < PG> *COMP ἄβυσσος ‘bottomless’ (Hdt.), substantivized fem. ‘abyss, underworld’ (= Hebr. tahém, LXX, NT, paps cf. Schwyzer RhM 81 (1932): 203); βυσσοδομεύω “build in the deep > brood over (in the deep of one’s soul), ponder deeply’ (Od.), metri causa for βυσσοδομέω (Eust., Suid.) like οἰκοδομέω, etc., see Chantraine 1942: 368. *DER βύθιος ‘of the depth’ (late), fem. βυθῖτις … — [Beekes, s.v. βυθός, p. 294]

2. βυθός · bythos — Chantraine

βυθός : m. «fond », notamment de la mer (Æsch. etc.) dans un sens général (ion.-att., poètes, hell.) Dérivés : βύθιος «des profondeurs» de la mer, ou en général, parfois au figuré (prosè et poésie tardives) ; fém. βυθῖτις, τιδὸς «qui se trouve au fond » épithète de ψάμμος (AP 9,290), cf. ἀμαθῖτις, πελατῖτις, etc. Verbes dénominatifs : βυθίζω «faire plonger, couler un bateau» (S., Pib., grec tardif) avec βυθισμός … — [Chantraine, s.v. βυθός, p. 215]

3. βῠθός · bythos — LSJ

the depth

the depth, esp. of the sea, A. Pr. 432 (lyr.), 2 Ep.Cor. 11.25.

b bottom, deep wound, the depth, abyss

generally, συνιζάνειν εἰς β. sink to the bottom, Thphr. Od. 29: metaph., ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν ἐς βυθὸν πεσεῖν S. Aj. 1083; ἀνακουφίσαι κάρα βυθῶν Id. OT 24; ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα from the deep wound, Id. Ph. 783; καταφέρεσθαι εἰς β. Arist. HA 619a7, etc.; τὴν ἀναφορὰν ποιησάμενος ἐκ τοῦ β. ib. 622b7; ἐν τῷ β. τῆς θαλάττης ib. 537a8: metaph., ἐν βυθῷ ἀτεχνίης in the depth of . . , Hp. Praec. 7; ἐν β. ἡ ἀλήθεια Democr. 117; εἴς τινα β. φλυαρίας ἐμπεσών Pl. Prm. 130d; ἀθεότητος Plu. Amat. 2.757c; ὑπέ

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βῠθός (scan p. 294; entry #1324).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βῠθός (scan p. 215; entry #1470).

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