| |Definition=εος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bottom]], [[foundation]], [[base]] of anything, τῆς κατασκευῆς τὰ ἐδάφη <span class="bibl">Th.1.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἔδαφος νηός</b> [[bottom]] of a [[ship]], <span class="bibl">Od.5.249</span>; ἔδαφος πλοίου <span class="bibl">D.32.5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pherecr.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἔδαφος ποταμοῦ, ἔδαφος τῆς θαλάττης</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>534a11</span>; ([[ποτήριον|ποτηρίου]]) <span class="bibl">Pherecr.143.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ground floor]], [[pavement]], οἴκου <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.137</span>; <b class="b3">καθελεῖν ἐς ἔδαφος</b> [[raze]] to the [[ground]], <span class="bibl">Th. 3.68</span>; τὸ ἔδαφος ὁμαλίσασι <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161 <span class="title">A</span>57 (Delos, iii B.C.); ἔπεσον εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>22.7</span>; ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μέχρι παντὸς ὕψους <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPR</span>95.17</span> (iii A. D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[ground]], [[soil]], <b class="b3">περὶ τοῦ τῆς πατρίδος ἐδάφους ἀγωνίζεσθαι</b> for our [[country]]'s [[soil]], <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.134</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.26.11</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">ἐχθρὸς τῷ τῆς πόλεως ἐδάφει</b>, of a [[mortal]] [[foe]], <span class="bibl">Id.8.39</span>, <span class="bibl">10.11</span>; ὀκρυόειν ἔδαφος Eleg.Alex. Adesp. <span class="bibl">1.7</span>; [[soil]], viewed in regard to its quality, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.4.1</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">4.11.8</span>: pl., [[ἐδάφη]] [[lands and tenements]] (incl. houses), <span class="bibl">Is.11.42</span>, <span class="title">IG</span> 2.780, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>302.10</span> (i A.D.); also, [[masses of earth]], <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.48U.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[text]] of a [[manuscript]], opp. [[margin]] ([[μέτωπον]]), Gal.16.837, 18(2).864. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[manuscript]], Id.16.468 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[background]] of [[puppet]]-[[theatre]], <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>30.1</span>, al.</span> | | |Definition=εος, τό,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bottom]], [[foundation]], [[base]] of anything, τῆς κατασκευῆς τὰ ἐδάφη Th.1.10; <b class="b3">ἔδαφος νηός</b> [[bottom]] of a [[ship]], Od.5.249; ἔδαφος πλοίου D.32.5, cf. Pherecr.12; <b class="b3">ἔδαφος ποταμοῦ, ἔδαφος τῆς θαλάττης</b>, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.18, Arist.''HA''534a11; ([[ποτήριον|ποτηρίου]]) Pherecr.143.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ground floor]], [[pavement]], οἴκου Hdt.8.137; <b class="b3">καθελεῖν ἐς ἔδαφος</b> [[raze]] to the [[ground]], Th. 3.68; τὸ ἔδαφος ὁμαλίσασι ''IG''11(2).161 ''A''57 (Delos, iii B.C.); ἔπεσον εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος ''Act.Ap.''22.7; ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μέχρι παντὸς ὕψους ''CPR''95.17 (iii A. D.), etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ground]], [[soil]], <b class="b3">περὶ τοῦ τῆς πατρίδος ἐδάφους ἀγωνίζεσθαι</b> for our [[country]]'s [[soil]], Aeschin.3.134, cf. D.26.11 (pl.); <b class="b3">ἐχθρὸς τῷ τῆς πόλεως ἐδάφει</b>, of a [[mortal]] [[foe]], Id.8.39, 10.11; ὀκρυόειν ἔδαφος Eleg.Alex. Adesp. 1.7; [[soil]], viewed in regard to its quality, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 2.4.1 (pl.), 4.11.8: pl., [[ἐδάφη]] [[lands and tenements]] (incl. houses), Is.11.42, ''IG'' 2.780, ''PTeb.''302.10 (i A.D.); also, [[masses of earth]], Epicur.''Ep.''2p.48U.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[text]] of a [[manuscript]], opp. [[margin]] ([[μέτωπον]]), Gal.16.837, 18(2).864.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[manuscript]], Id.16.468 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[background]] of [[puppet]]-[[theatre]], Hero ''Aut.''30.1, al. |
