βατήρ
From LSJ
τὸ κακὸν δοκεῖν ποτ' ἐσθλὸν τῷδ' ἔμμεν' ὅτῳ φρένας θεὸς ἄγει πρὸς ἄταν → evil appears as good to him whose mind the god is leading to destruction (Sophocles, Antigone 622f.)
English (LSJ)
ῆρος, ὁ,
A that on which one treads, threshold, ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν β. τῆς θύρας, prov. of those who 'come to the point', 'hit the nail on the head', Amips.26; base of a statue, IG11(2).147.18 (Delos, iv B. C.), Ἀρχ. Ἐφ. 1913.7 (Nisyros, iii B. C.). 2 place from which one jumps, AB224, Hsch., Eust.1404.56. 3 = βακτηρία, Nic.Th.377. 4 bridge of a lyre, Nicom.Harm.6; also, part of flute, ib.10. 5 one who walks, Hsch.
