βάθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], εος, τό, (βαθύς) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[depth]] or [[height]], acc. as measured up or down, Ταρτάρου βάθη <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>1029</span>; αἰθέρος βάθος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1297</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Av.</span>1715</span>; <b class="b3">βάθους μετέχειν</b> to be a solid, possessing [[depth]] as well as length and breadth, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>528b</span>; εἴτ' ἐν βάθεσιν εἴτ' ἐν τάχεσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span> 299e</span>; βάθους αὔξη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>528d</span>; opp. [[μῆκος]], [[πλάτος]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>209a5</span>; μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ τρία [συνεχὲς] β. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1020a12</span>: with Preps., ἐκ βάθεος [[in depth]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.186</span>; ἐκ βάθους [[through and through]], <span class="bibl">Plot. 5.8.10</span>; εἰς βάθος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>386a23</span>, al.; ἐν βάθει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sens.</span>440a14</span>, etc.; κατὰ βάθους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Mete.</span>339b12</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ βάθος</b> [[in a descending scale]], metaph. of causation, <span class="bibl">Dam.<span class="title">Pr.</span>95</span>: freq. in military sense, [[depth]] of a line of battle, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.13</span>, etc.; ἐπὶ βάθος τάσσεσθαι [[in depth of line]], <span class="bibl">Th.5.68</span>; ἐς β. ἐκτάξαι <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">An.</span>1.2.4</span>; <b class="b3">β. τριχῶν</b>, of [[long thick]] hair, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.9</span>; ἄτομα πώγωνος βάθη <span class="bibl">Ephipp.14.7</span>; [[interior]] of a country, <span class="bibl">Str.3.3.7</span>, al.; [[depth]], of perspective in a picture, <span class="bibl">Procop.Gaz.<span class="title">Ecphr.</span> p.157</span> B.: pl., βάθη [[depths]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>44d</span>, etc.; [[deep water]], opp. shallows near shore, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ps.</span>68(69).2</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>5.4</span>; ἐν τοῖς βάθεσιν <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>599b9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> Astron., = [[ταπείνωμα]], <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.241.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., κακῶν ὁρῶν β. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>465</span>; ἢ μακροῦ πλούτου βάθει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>130</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>11.33</span>; β. ἡγεμονίας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>53</span>; [[depth of mind]], <b class="b3">β. τι ἔχειν γενναῖον</b>, of Parmenides, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>184a</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν βάθει πόσιος</b> [[deep]] in drink, <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.29</span>; β. καρδίας ἀνθρώπου <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ju.</span>8.14</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ β. τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ Σατανᾶ</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>2.10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>2.24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of lit. style, [[bathos]], ὕψους ἢ β. Longin.2.1. (Substituted for [[βένθος]] under the influence of [[βαθύς]].) </span>