ἔδαφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[bottom]], [[foundation]], [[base]] of anything, τῆς κατασκευῆς τὰ ἐ. <span class="bibl">Th.1.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. νηός</b> [[bottom]] of a ship, <span class="bibl">Od.5.249</span>; ἔ. πλοίου <span class="bibl">D.32.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pherecr.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἔ. ποταμοῦ, τῆς θαλάττης</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>534a11</span>; [<b class="b3">ποτηρίου</b>] <span class="bibl">Pherecr.143.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">ground-floor, pavement</b>, οἴκου <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.137</span>; <b class="b3">καθελεῖν ἐς ἔ</b>. raze to the [[ground]], <span class="bibl">Th. 3.68</span>; τὸ ἔ. ὁμαλίσασι <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161 <span class="title">A</span>57 (Delos, iii B.C.); ἔπεσον εἰς τὸ ἔ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>22.7</span>; ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μέχρι παντὸς ὕψους <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPR</span>95.17</span> (iii A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[ground]], [[soil]], <b class="b3">περὶ τοῦ τῆς πατρίδος ἐδάφους ἀγωνίζεσθαι</b> for our country's [[soil]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.134</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.26.11</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">ἐχθρὸς τῷ τῆς πόλεως ἐδάφει</b>, of a mortal foe, <span class="bibl">Id.8.39</span>, <span class="bibl">10.11</span>; ὀκρυόειν ἔ. <b class="b2">Eleg.Alex. Adesp</b>. <span class="bibl">1.7</span>; [[soil]], viewed in regard to its quality, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.4.1</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">4.11.8</span>: pl., <b class="b3">ἐδάφη</b> <b class="b2">lands and tenements</b> (incl. houses), <span class="bibl">Is.11.42</span>, <span class="title">IG</span> 2.780, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>302.10</span> (i A.D.); also, <b class="b2">masses of earth</b>, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.48U.</span> </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[text]] of a manuscript, opp. margin (μέτωπον), Gal.16.837, 18(2).864. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[manuscript]], Id.16.468 (s.v.l.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[background]] of puppet-theatre, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>30.1</span>, al.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[ground]], [[bottom]] (ε 249; s. Richel Worte für Erde 212ff.), also [[text]] (Gal.) as opposed to the commentary.<br />Compounds: <b class="b3">ἐδαφο-ποιέω</b> <b class="b2">equalize the bottom</b> (J.). -<br />Derivatives: Late: <b class="b3">ἐδάφιον</b> [[text]] (Arist.); <b class="b3">ἐδαφικός</b> [[belonging to the bottom]] (pap.), <b class="b3">ἐδαφιαῖος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (sch., Tz.), <b class="b3">ἐδαφίτης</b> (Tz.; s. Redard Les noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 112). - Denomin. verbs : <b class="b3">ἐδαφίζω</b> <b class="b2">equalize, give a bottom</b> (Arist., hell.); <b class="b3">ἐδαφόω</b> in <b class="b3">ἠδάφωται κατῴκισται</b> H.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: For the nouns in -(<b class="b3">α)φος</b> (Chantr. Form. 262ff., Schwyzer 495). To <b class="b3">ἕδος</b>?. Acc. to WP. 1, 254 (with Curtius 241, J. Schmidt Pluralbild. 341) hoeever to [[οὖδας]], s. d.