βάραθρον
From LSJ
ἐπέμψατε ἀγγέλους τοῖς ἀλλήλοις ὥστε ἔγνωτε τὸν κίνδυνον → you sent messengers to one another so that you knew the danger
English (LSJ)
[βᾰ], Ep. and Ion. βέρεθρον (q. v., cf. ζέρεθρον), shortd. βέθρον (q. v.), τό,
A gulf, pit, Arist.Pr.947a19; esp.at Athens, a cleft into which criminals were thrown, Hdt.7.133, Ar.Nu.1450, Com.Adesp. 24.10 D., Pl.Grg.516c, AB219, Sch.Ar.Pl.431. 2 metaph., ἐν τῷ β. χειμάζειν D.8.45; ruin, perdition, Luc.Am.5, etc.; name of a courtesan, Theophil.Com.11. II a woman's ornament, Ar.Fr. 320.8. III = βράθυ, f.l. for βόρατον, Dsc.1.76. (Root gseq[uglide]er 'devour', cf. βορά.)
