βαλβίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῖδος, ἡ, prop.<br><span class="bld">A</span> rope drawn across the race-course at the starting and finishing-point: mostly in plural, [[posts to which this rope was attached]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1159: so in sg., [[turning-post]], νῆσος β. ξεστῇ εἴκασται Philostr.''VA''5.5: also, [[platform from which the quoit was thrown]], Id.''Im.''1.24: hence, [[any starting-point]], Antipho Soph.69; βαλβίδων ἄπο E.''HF''867, cf. Ar.''V.''548: metaph., ἕρπε πρὸς βαλβῖδα λυπηρὰν βίου E.''Med.''1245; ἐκ β. εἰς τέρμα Them.''Or.''13.177d; β. λόγου βέβληται Philostr.''VS''2.20.3; βιβλίου ''AP''4.3b.75 (Agath.); but, [[edge]], ib.39.<br><span class="bld">II</span> since [[the starting-point]] was also [[the goal]], [[βαλβῖδες]] was used for [[any point to be gained]], as [[the battlements]] (by one scaling a wall), S.''Ant.''131 (lyr.), cf. Lyc.287, Opp.''C.''1.513.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[κοιλότης παραμήκης]], Gal.19.87; v. [[βαλβιδώδης]].