βαλβίς

English (LSJ)

ῖδος, ἡ, prop.

   A rope drawn across the race-course at the starting and finishing-point: mostly in pl., posts to which this rope was attached, Ar.Eq.1159: so in sg., turning-post, νῆσος β. ξεστῇ εἴκασται Philostr.VA5.5: also, platform from which the quoit was thrown, Id.Im.1.24: hence, any starting-point, Antipho Soph.69; βαλβίδων ἄπο E.HF867, cf. Ar.V.548: metaph., ἕρπε πρὸς βαλβῖδα λυπηρὰν βίου E.Med.1245; ἐκ β. εἰς τέρμα Them.Or.13.177d; β. λόγου βέβληται Philostr.VS2.20.3; βιβλίου AP4.3b.75 (Agath.); but, edge, ib.39.    II since the starting-point was also the goal, βαλβῖδες was used for any point to be gained, as the battlements (by one scaling a wall), S.Ant.131 (lyr.), cf. Lyc.287, Opp.C.1.513.    III = κοιλότης παραμήκης, Gal.19.87; v. foreg.

German (Pape)

[Seite 428] ῖδος, ἡ, die Schranke in der Rennbahn, nach B. A. p. 220 ξύλα δύο τῶν δρομέων, ἀφ' ὧν σχοινίον τι διατέταται, ὃ καλεῖται βαλβίς, ἵνα ἐντεῦθεν ἐκδράμωσιν οἱ ἀγωνιζόμενοι, ähnl. andere VLL.; ἄφες ἀπὸ βαλβίδων ἐμέ Ar. Equ. 1159; Sp. Auch der Standort, von dem aus man den Diskus wirst, Philostr. – Uebertr., Mauerzinne, Soph. Ant. 131; Schwelle, Eur. Herc. fur. 867; Grundlage, Philostr. Bei Agath. prooem. β. θαλάσσης, die Wasserfläche. – Dah. a) Anfang, εὐθὺς ἀπὸ βαλβίδων Ar. Vesp. 548; λόγου Philostr. – b) Ende, βίου Eur. Med. 1244; Lycophr 287; Opp. C. 1, 513.