ἐπίβαθρον
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
τό,
A fare of an ἐπιβάτης, passenger's fare, καὶ δέ κεν ἄλλ' ἐ . . . δοίην Od.15.449, cf. D.S.1.96; so of Charon's fare, νεὼς Ἀχεροντείας ἐ. Call.Fr.110: generally, rent, payment for anything, γῆς Plu.2.727f; toll, Call.Del.22 (pl.). II. τὰ ἐ., of a sacrifice, regarded as a fare paid on embarking, A.R.1.421. III. ἐ. ὀρνίθων roosting-place, perch, AP9.661 (Jul.); ἐ. ἀοιδῆς stool for a singer, ib.140 (Claud.), cf. PLond.1821.283. 2. = foreg. 1, PSI2.171.27 (pl., dub., ii B.C.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 927] τό, das Fährgeld, welches der ἐπιβάτης auf dem Schiffe giebt, Od. 15, 448, wie δέξο θυηλήν, ἥν τοι τῆσδ' ἐπίβαθρα χάριν προτεθεί μεθα νηός, zum Dank, Opfer beim Einsteigen, Ap. Rh. 1, 420; D. Sic. 1, 96; Plut. Symp. 8, 7, 3 sagt vom Storch, ἐπίβαθρον τῆς γῆς δίδωσι, Lohn dafür, daß er die Erde (od. das Dach) betritt; Miethgeld, vgl. Call. Del. 22. – Aber ἐπίβαθρον ὀρνίθων, Iul. Aeg. 37 (IX, 661), worauf die Vögel sitzen.
