βόθυνος
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A = βόθρος, Cratin.210, X.Oec.19.3, BGU1122.17 (i B. C.). II a meteorological phenomenon, Arist.Mete.342a36, Mu.392b4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 452] = βόθρος, ὁ, von den Atticisten getadelt, nach B. A. 85 schon in Solons Gesetzen u. bei Cratin., wo εἰς βόθυνον ἱέναι ein Spiel ist; Xen. Oec. 19, 3; Theophr. – Bei Arist. mund. 2 g. E. werden βόθυνοι neben δοκίδες u. κομῆται als feurige Lufterscheinung genannt.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βόθῡνος: ὁ, = βόθρος, Κρατῖν. Σεριφ. 7, Ξεν. Οἰκ. 19, 3, Λυσ. Ἀποσπ. 17 κ. ἀλλ. 2) βόθυνοι παρ’ Ἀριστοτ. Μετεωρ. 1. 5, εἶδος φωτεινῶν μετεώρων.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
1 trou, fosse, citerne;
2 pl. sorte de météores.
Étymologie: cf. βόθρος.
English (Abbott-Smith)
βόθυνος, -ου, ὁ (= βόθρος, more freq. in cl.), [in LXX chiefly for פַּחַת;]
a pit: Mt 12:11 15:14, Lk 6:39 (cf. DB, iii, 885; DCG, ii, 367).†
English (Strong)
akin to βαθύνω; a hole (in the ground); specially, a cistern: ditch, pit.
English (Thayer)
βοθύνου, ὁ, a pit, a ditch: Solon in Bekker's Anecd. 1:85; Xenophon, oec. 19,3; Theophrastus, hist. pl. 4,2, 2 (variant); others); the Sept. 2 Samuel 18:17, etc.)
