βένθος
From LSJ
ὥσπερ ἀνέµου 'ξαίφνης ἀσελγοῦς γενοµένου → just as when a wind suddenly turns foul, just as when a wind suddenly turns nasty
English (LSJ)
εος, τό, poet.,
A = βάθος, depth of the sea, κατὰ βένθος ἁλός Il. 18.38,49; ἁλὸς βένθοσδε Od.4.780, 8.51: in pl., ὅστε θαλάσσης πάσης βένθεα οἶδεν 1.53; ἐν βένθεσσιν ἁλός Il.1.358; βένθεσι λίμνης 13.21, 32; also βαθείης βένθεσιν ὕλης Od.17.316: metaph., βένθεϊ σῆς κραδίης AP5.273 (Paul. Sil.).—Used also by Emp.35.3, al., Pi. O.7.57, and in lyr., E.Fr.304, Ar.Ra.666. (Cf. βαθύς.)
