βυθός
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A the depth, esp. of the sea, A.Pr.432 (lyr.), 2 Ep.Cor.11.25. b generally, συνιζάνειν εἰς β. sink to the bottom, Thphr.Od.29: metaph., ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν ἐς βυθὸν πεσεῖν S.Aj.1083; ἀνακουφίσαι κάρα βυθῶν Id.OT24; ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα from the deep wound, Id.Ph.783; καταφέρεσθαι εἰς β. Arist.HA619a7, etc.; τὴν ἀναφορὰν ποιησάμενος ἐκ τοῦ β. ib.622b7; ἐν τῷ β. τῆς θαλάττης ib.537a8: metaph., ἐν βυθῷ ἀτεχνίης in the depth of... Hp.Praec.7; ἐν β. ἡ ἀλήθεια Democr.117; εἴς τινα β. φλυαρίας ἐμπεσών Pl.Prm.130d; ἀθεότητος Plu.2.757c; ὑπέρκοσμος β. abyss, Dam.Pr.106,205.
