βάσσος
καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
English (LSJ)
εος, τό,
A = βασσάρα, EM191.1.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n.
Meaning: οὑδετέρως [neuter] ἡ βῆσσα H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Schwyzer RhM 81, 199f. (who rejects the accentuation βᾶσσος) proposes *βάθ-σος (on the suffix Schwyzer 513). Beside βῆσσα we have Dor. βᾶσσα, so the word could be a variant of βῆσσα if this word is Pre-Greek.. Unclear DELG. From this word Lat. bassus lowly Kretschmer Glotta 22, 258f.; quite uncertain. - S. βῆσσα und βαθύς.
Frisk Etymology German
βάσσος: {bássos}
Meaning: οὐδετέρως· ἡ βῆσσα H.
Etymology : Vielleicht mit Schwyzer RhM 81, 199f. (wo gegen die herkömmliche Akzentuierung βᾶσσος) aus *βάθσος (zum Suffix Schwyzer 513 m. Lit.). Über die Möglichkeit, vulgärlat. bassus niedrig daraus herzuleiten, s. Kretschmer Glotta 22, 258f.; dazu W.-Hofmann s. v. 1, 851. — Vgl. βῆσσα und βαθύς.
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