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|Definition=[[βαθεῖα]] Ion. [[βαθέα|βαθέᾰ]], [[βαθύ]]; fem.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[βαθύς]] Call.''Del.''37, Eratosth. 8; gen. [[βαθέος]], [[βαθείας]] Ion. [[βαθέης]]: dat. [[βαθέϊ]], [[βαθείῃ]] Ion. [[βαθέῃ]]: Comp. [[βαθύτερος]], ''poet.'' <b class="b3">βαθίων [ῑ</b> Att., ῐ Theoc.5.43], Dor. [[βάσσων]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]): Sup. [[βαθύτατος]], ''poet.'' [[βάθιστος]]:—[[deep]] or [[high]], acc. to one's [[position]], Hom., etc.; <b class="b3">βαθέης ἐξάλλεται αὐλῆς</b> a [[court]] [[within a high fence]], Il.5.142, cf. Od.9.239; <b class="b3">ἠϊόνος προπάροιθε βαθείης</b> [[the deep]], i.e. [[wide]], shore, Il.2.92; τάφρος 7.341, al.; κρατήρ [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''563; [[κύλικες]] Id. ''Aj.''1200 (lyr.); <b class="b3">βαθὺ πτῶμα</b> a fall [[from a high rock]], A.''Supp.''796; <b class="b3">πλευρὰ βαθυτάτη</b> (vulg. [[βαρυτάτη]]), of an [[athlete]], Ar.''V.''1193; of a line of battle, βαθύτεραι φάλαγγες X.''Lac.''11.6, cf. ''HG''2.4.34; <b class="b3">βαθεῖα τομή, βαθεῖα πληγή</b>, a [[deep]] [[cut]], Plu.2.131a, Luc.''Nigr.''35.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[deep]] or [[thick]] in substance, of a mist, ἠέρα βαθεῖαν Il.21.7, cf. Od.9.144; of sand, ἀμάθοιο βαθείης Il.5.587; ἐπὶ θῖνα βαθύν Theoc.22.32; of ploughed land, νειοῖο βαθείης Il.10.353; <b class="b3">βαθεῖα γῆ</b>, opp. [[to stony ground]], [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Andromache|Andr.]]''637, Thphr.''CP''1.18.1; of [[luxuriant]] [[growth]], [[deep]], [[thick]], of woods, etc., βαθείης τάρφεσιν ὕλης Il.5.555; βαθείης ἐκ ξυλόχοιο 11.415; βαθὺ λήϊον 2.147, Thgn.107; τοῦ ληΐου τὸ… βαθύτατον [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.92.ζ; λειμών [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''652; σῖτος X.''HG''3.2.17; χλόα E.''Hipp.''1139 (lyr.); [[χαίτη]], [[τρίχες]], [[πώγων]], Semon.7.66, X.''Cyn.''4.8, Luc.''Pisc.''41.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[deep]], of colour, ''PHolm.''21.9: Comp., Ael.''VH''6.6, Lyd.''Mag.''2.13, πορφύριον βαθύτερον ''PLond.''3.899.4 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> of quality, [[strong]], [[violent]], βαθείῃ λαίλαπι Il.11.306.<br><span class="bld">b</span> generally, [[copious]], [[abundant]], βαθὺς κλᾶρος Pi.''O.''13.62; <b class="b3">βαθὺς ἀνήρ</b> a [[rich]] [[man]], X.''Oec.''11.10; βαθὺς [[οἶκος]] Call. ''Cer.''113; βαθὺς πλοῦτος Ael.''VH''3.18, Jul.''Or.''2.82b; <b class="b3">βαθὺ χρέος</b> [[deep]] [[debt]], Pi.''O.''10(11).8; στεφάνων βαθεῖα τέρψις [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1200 (lyr.); βαθὺ [[κλέος]] Pi.''O.'' 7.53; [[κίνδυνος]] Id.''P.''4.207; <b class="b3">βαθὺς ὕπνος</b> [[deep]] [[sleep]], Theoc.8.65, ''AP''7.170, cf. Luc.''DMar.''2.3; [[εἰρήνη]] Id.''Tox.''36; σιωπή App.''Mith.''99, ''BC''4.109 (Sup.).<br><span class="bld">4</span> of the mind, [[ἄχος ὀξὺ κατὰ φρένα τύψε βαθεῖαν]] = [[sharp]] [[pain]] struck him in the [[depths]] of his [[soul]], Il.19.125; but also, [[profound]], φρήν Pi.''N.''4.8; [[φροντίς]] A. ''Supp.''407; μέριμνα Pi.''O.''2.60; βαθεῖαν ἄλοκα διὰ φρενὸς καρπούμενος A.''Th.''593; μουσικὴ πρᾶγμ' ἐστὶ β. Eup.336; <b class="b3">βαθύτερα ἤθη</b> more [[sedate]] [[nature]]s, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''930a (but, more [[recondite]], i.e. [[civilized]], [[manner]]s, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.95): of persons, [[deep]], [[wise]], β. τῇ φύσει [[στρατηγός]] Posidipp. 27.4; ταῖς ψυχαῖς Plb.6.24.9; also, [[deep]], [[crafty]], Men.1001; ἦθος Ph. 2.468.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of time, βαθὺς [[ὄρθρος]] = [[dim]] [[twilight]], Ar.''V.''216, Pl.''Cri.'' 43a, etc.; [[βαθεῖα νύξ]] = [[a late hour in the night]], Luc.''Asin.''34; περὶ ἑσπέραν β. Plu.2.179e, cf. Paus.4.18.3; βαθὺ τῆς ἡλικίας Ar.''Nu.''514; <b class="b3">βαθὺ γῆρας</b> cj. in ''AP''7.163 (Leon.), cf. Eun.''VS''p.457 B., al.; βαθεῖα ὥρα ἔτους Charito 1.7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[βαθέως]] Theoc.8.66; [[profoundly]], Procl.''in Prm.''p.475 S.: Sup. βαθύτατα, γηρῶν Ael.''VH''2.36. (bṇqu/s, cf. [[βένθος]].)