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ὑπόβαθ-ρον

upobathron · τό

anything put under, a base

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What it meant

ὑπόβαθ-ρον · hypobath-ron — LSJ

anything put under, a base

anything put under, a base:

1 footstool

footstool, Thphr. HP 5.7.6, App. Pun. 111, D.L. 1.94; ὑ. νυμφικά IG 2(2).1485.54.

2 a wooden framework, rocking apparatus

a wooden framework to support a couch, a kind of rocking apparatus, X. Mem. 2.1.30, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.23.3, Anon. ap. Stob. 4.31.84.

3 keel

keel of a ship, prob. for ὑποβάραθρον in Gal. 19.169.

4 step

step, διʼ ὑποβάθρων Lyd. Mag. 2.11, 3.41.

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Where it came from

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