βυθός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> the [[depth]], especially of the [[sea]], A.''Pr.''432 (lyr.), ''2 Ep.Cor.''11.25.<br><span class="bld">b</span> generally, <b class="b3">συνιζάνειν εἰς βυθόν</b> [[sink]] to the [[bottom]], [[Theophrastus]] ''De Odoribus'' 29: metaph., ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν ἐς βυθὸν πεσεῖν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1083; ἀνακουφίσαι κάρα βυθῶν Id.''OT''24; <b class="b3">ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα</b> blood oozing from the [[deep]] [[wound]], Id.''Ph.''783; καταφέρεσθαι εἰς βυθόν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''619a7, etc.; <b class="b3">τὴν ἀναφορὰν ποιησάμενος ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ</b> ib.622b7; <b class="b3">ἐν τῷ βυθῷ τῆς θαλάττης</b> = in the depths of the sea ib.537a8: metaph., ἐν βυθῷ [[ἀτεχνία|ἀτεχνίης]] = in [[deep]] [[ignorance]] of the [[art]]... Hp.''Praec.''7; ἐν βυθῷ ἡ [[ἀλήθεια]] = [[truth]] is in the [[depths]] Democr.117; εἴς τινα β. φλυαρίας ἐμπεσών Pl.''Prm.''130d; ἀθεότητος Plu.2.757c; [[ὑπέρκοσμος]] βυθός = [[abyss]], Dam.''Pr.''106,205.