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|Definition=—Pass., plpf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> βεβάθυστο [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 39.305: ([[βαθύς]]):—[[deepen]], [[hollow out]], <b class="b3">βάθυνε δὲ χῶρον ἅπαντα</b>, of a [[torrent]], Il.23.421; <b class="b3">ἔσκαψε καὶ ἐβάθυνε</b> dug and [[dug deep]], Ev.Luc.6.48; <b class="b3">ἐβάθυνε πέδον ταρσῷ</b>, of a dog, [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 47.239: metaph., ὁ λιμὸς βαθύνει ἑαυτόν J. ''BJ''5.12.3: esp. as military term, [[deepen]], τὴν φάλαγγα [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.3.23, 8.5.15, cf. Arr.''Tact.''25.11:—Pass., [[become deep]], [[be deepened]], λίμνη β. [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.11.3; κρημνὸς βαθύνεται εἰς ἀπορρῶγα J.''BJ''1.21.3; <b class="b3">νάσως βαθυνομένας ἀπὸ ῥιζᾶν</b>, of Delos, ''Hymn.Is.''160; τὸ βαθυνόμενον τῆς ῥηγμῖνος Agath.2.2; of a deep wound, [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 39.305; <b class="b3">βαθυνομέναις χερσί</b> in or [[with the hollowed]] hands, ib.11.180.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Math., [[add a third dimension]], β. τὰ ἐπίπεδα Procl. ''in R.''2.52 K., cf. ''in Ti.''1.146 D.:—Pass., κυκλικῶς βαθυνθέντες Simp. ''in Ph.''59.17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[sink deep]], Ph.1.248, 2.402; [[sink]], [[crumble]], Apollod.''Poliorc.''157.8.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[go deeply into a subject]], βαθύνας θεωρῆσαι Procl.''in Prm.''p.622 S.