βέβηλος
ἔνδον σκάπτε, ἔνδον ἡ πηγὴ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἀεὶ ἀναβλύειν δυναμένη, ἐὰν ἀεὶ σκάπτῃς → Dig within. Within is the wellspring of Good; and it is always ready to bubble up, if you just dig | Look within. Within is the fountain of the good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.
English (LSJ)
ον, Dor. βέβᾱλος IG3.3845, Ps.-Lysisap.Iamb.VP17.75: (βαίνω, βηλός):—
A allowable to be trodden, prob. of ground (opp. ἱερός, D.H.7.8); καὶ πῶς β. ἄλσος ἂν ῥύοιτό με ; A.Supp.509; ἢ πρὸς βεβήλοις ἢ πρὸς ἄλσεσιν θεῶν either on profane ground or... S.OC10; ἔς τε τἄβατα καὶ πρὸς βέβηλα Id.Fr.88: hence generally, permitted, καὶ βέβηλα καὶ κεκρυμμένα λόγια public, current, E.Heracl.404; ἐν βεβήλῳ Th.4.97; βέβηλα permitted meats, Ath.2.65f. II of persons, unhallowed, = ἀμύητος, S.Fr.154, Orph.Fr.245; impure, E.Fr.648; β. τε καὶ ἄγροικος Pl.Smp.218b; β. καὶ ἀνόσια ἐνθυμήματα Ph.2.165: c. gen., uninitiated, τελετῆς AP9.298 (Antiphil.); ἀποδεικτικῆς μεθόδου Gal.UP12.6. Adv. -λως Ph.1.523.
