βάσσος
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
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.
