βένθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εος, τό, poet., <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[βάθος]], [[depth]] of the sea, [[κατὰ βένθος ἁλός]] <span class="bibl">Il. 18.38</span>,<span class="bibl">49</span>; [[ἁλὸς βένθοσδε]] <span class="bibl">Od.4.780</span>, <span class="bibl">8.51</span>: in pl., ὅστε θαλάσσης πάσης βένθεα οἶδεν <span class="bibl">1.53</span>; [[ἐν βένθεσσιν ἁλός]] <span class="bibl">Il.1.358</span>; [[βένθεσι λίμνης]] <span class="bibl">13.21</span>, <span class="bibl">32</span>; also βαθείης βένθεσιν ὕλης <span class="bibl">Od.17.316</span>: metaph., [[βένθεϊ σῆς κραδίης]] = [[in the depths of your heart]] <span class="title">AP</span>5.273 (Paul. Sil.).—Used also by <span class="bibl">Emp.35.3</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">O.</span>7.57</span>, and in lyr., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>304</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>666</span>. (Cf. [[βαθύς]].)</span>

|sltr=[[βένθος]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[depth]], [[abyss]] ἁλμυροῖς δ' ἐν βένθεσιν (O. 7.57)