βαθμός
μηδένα πρὸ τοῦ τέλους μακάριζε → call no man happy until he dies, call no man happy till he dies, it ain't over till the fat lady sings, the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings, count no man happy until he is dead, it's not over till it's over, count no man blessed before his end
English (LSJ)
or βασμός, ὁ, (βαίνω)
A step, threshold, LXX IKi.5.5, [S.]Fr.1127; degree on the dial, LXX 4 Ki.20.9 sq.; fifteen degrees of the zodiac, Vett.Val.31.2; interval in a musical scale, Iamb.VP26.120. 2 rung of a ladder, Luc.Trag.221. 3 base or plinth of a tower, GDI5524.10 (Cyzicus). II metaph., step, degree in rank (οἱ β. κλίμακος προκοπὴν σημαίνουσι Artem.2.42), 1 Ep.Ti.3.13, Procop.Arc.24, Lyd.Mag.2.8, al.; οἱ τᾶς ἀξίας βάσμοι IG12(2).243.16 (Mytil.); simply, degree, τολμημάτων βαθμοί J.BJ4.3.10; ὥσπερ ἡδονῆς κλίμακα συμπηξάμενος ἔρως πρῶτον ἔχει β. ὄψεως Luc.Am.53; step in an argument, Simp.in Cael.718.35; of a genealogy, ἀπωτέρω δυοῖν β. two steps farther back, i.e. farther back than one's grandfather, D.Chr.41.6. III tax paid on stairs, POxy.574 (ii A. D.): acc. to Phryn.296, Moer.97, βαθμός is Ion., βασμός Att., but βασμός occurs GDI5524.10 (Cyzic.), Jahresh.3.55 (Scepsis).
German (Pape)
[Seite 423] ὁ, 1) Stufe, Tritt, Schwelle, Soph. frg. 708; bes. Sp., z. B. Plut. Rom. 20. – 2) Ehrenstufen, K. S. – 3) Schritt, Gang, Dio Chr.
