βάραθρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[βᾰ], Ep. and Ion. βέρεθρον (q. v., cf. [[ζέρεθρον]]), shortd. βέθρον (q. v.), τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[gulf]], [[pit]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>947a19</span>; esp.at Athens, [[a cleft]] into which criminals were thrown, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.133</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1450</span>, <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span> 24.10 D., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>516c</span>, <span class="title">AB</span>219, Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>431</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ἐν τῷ β. χειμάζειν <span class="bibl">D.8.45</span>; [[ruin]], [[perdition]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>5</span>, etc.; name of a courtesan, Theophil.Com.''ΙΙ''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a woman's [[ornament]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 320.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[βράθυ]], f.l. for [[βόρατον]], Dsc.1.76. (Root <b class="b2">gsequ̯er</b> 'devour', cf. [[βορά]].) </span>