βαθμός
χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → when a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him | when good men are being dragged down, anyone with worthy credentials must feel their pain | when the noble are afflicted, those who all their lives have been deemed loyal must mourn
English (LSJ)
or βασμός, ὁ, (βαίνω)
A step, threshold, LXX IKi.5.5, [S.]Fr.1127; degree on the dial, LXX 4 Ki.20.9 sq.; fifteen degrees of the zodiac, Vett.Val.31.2; interval in a musical scale, Iamb.VP26.120. 2 rung of a ladder, Luc.Trag.221. 3 base or plinth of a tower, GDI5524.10 (Cyzicus). II metaph., step, degree in rank (οἱ β. κλίμακος προκοπὴν σημαίνουσι Artem.2.42), 1 Ep.Ti.3.13, Procop.Arc.24, Lyd.Mag.2.8, al.; οἱ τᾶς ἀξίας βάσμοι IG12(2).243.16 (Mytil.); simply, degree, τολμημάτων βαθμοί J.BJ4.3.10; ὥσπερ ἡδονῆς κλίμακα συμπηξάμενος ἔρως πρῶτον ἔχει β. ὄψεως Luc.Am.53; step in an argument, Simp.in Cael.718.35; of a genealogy, ἀπωτέρω δυοῖν β. two steps farther back, i.e. farther back than one's grandfather, D.Chr.41.6. III tax paid on stairs, POxy.574 (ii A. D.): acc. to Phryn.296, Moer.97, βαθμός is Ion., βασμός Att., but βασμός occurs GDI5524.10 (Cyzic.), Jahresh.3.55 (Scepsis).
German (Pape)
[Seite 423] ὁ, 1) Stufe, Tritt, Schwelle, Soph. frg. 708; bes. Sp., z. B. Plut. Rom. 20. – 2) Ehrenstufen, K. S. – 3) Schritt, Gang, Dio Chr.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ (ὁ) :
degré.
Étymologie: R. Βα, marcher ; pour le suff. -θμος, cf. πορθμός, ἰσθμός.
