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ἐπίβαθρον

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Οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love.

Sophocles, Antigone, 523
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Transliteration A: epíbathron Transliteration B: epibathron Transliteration C: epivathron Beta Code: e)pi/baqron

English (LSJ)

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   A fare of an ἐπιβάτης, passenger's fare, καὶ δέ κεν ἄλλ' ἐ . . . δοίην Od.15.449, cf. D.S.1.96; so of Charon's fare, νεὼς Ἀχεροντείας . Call.Fr.110: generally, rent, payment for anything, γῆς Plu.2.727f; toll, Call.Del.22 (pl.).    II. τὰ ἐ., of a sacrifice, regarded as a fare paid on embarking, A.R.1.421.    III. ἐ. ὀρνίθων roosting-place, perch, AP9.661 (Jul.); ἐ. ἀοιδῆς stool for a singer, ib.140 (Claud.), cf. PLond.1821.283.    2. = foreg. 1, PSI2.171.27 (pl., dub., ii B.C.).