ἔδαφος: Difference between revisions

|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.