βωμός
Ῥᾷον βίον ζῇς, ἢν γυναῖκα μὴ τρέφῃς → Vivas facilius, coniugem si non alas → Dann lebst du leichter, wenn du keine Frau ernährst
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (βαίνω)
A raised platform, stand, for chariots, Il.8.441; base of a statue, Od.7.100: but, 2 mostly, altar with a base, ἱερὸς β. Il.2.305, etc.; πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς A.Eu.305; βωμὸς ἀρῆς φυγάσιν ῥῦμα Id.Supp.84 (lyr.); βωμῶν ἀπείργειν τινά Id.Ch.293; ἀγυιεὺς β. S.Fr.370; of suppliants, ποτὶ βωμὸν ἵζεσθαι Od.22.334; βωμοῖσι προσῆσθαι, προσπεσόντα βωμῷ καθῆσθαι, S.OT16, OC1158; βωμὸν ἵζειν E.Ion1314: also in Prose, β. ἱδρύσασθαι Hdt.3.142, cf. Pl.Prt.322a; ἱζόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸν β. Hdt.6.108; ἐπὶ βωμῶν καθέζεσθαι Lys.2.11. 3 later, tomb, cairn, Epigr.Gr.319. 4 title of poems by Dosiades and Besantinus, AP15.26and25, cf. Luc.Lex.25. 5 altar-shaped cake, IG2.1651B,C, Poll.6.76. 6 Ζεὺς Βωμός, prob. a Syrian god, Hermes37.118 (Syria). 7 central fire in the system of Philolaus, acc. to Placit.2.7.7. 8 in pl., = ἔμβολοι, Hsch.
