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|lshtext=<b>băsis</b>: is and ĕos (<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[basis]], Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 27; 7, 34: baseos, Vitr. 10, 15; acc. usu. basim, [[but]] BASEM, Inscr. Orell. 1263 al.: basidem, Ven. Fort. 8, 14; abl. usu. basi, [[but]] [[base]], Treb. Pol. Gall. 18, 4; Inscr. Grut. 63, 3: BASIDE, ib. 16, 14; gen. plur. BASIVM, Inscr. Orell. 3272), f., = [[βάσις]]>, a [[pedestal]], [[foot]], [[base]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: in basi statuarum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154; 2, 2, 66, § 160; 2, 4, 34, § 74; id. Phil. 9, 7, 16: quo (sc. ad [[sepulcrum]]) cum [[patefactus]] esset [[aditus]], ad adversam basim accessimus, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 66: colossici Apollinis [[basis]], Vitr. 10, 6: [[supra]] basim eriguntur regulae, id. 10, 13; Ov. P. 3, 2, 52; Phaedr. 2, epil. 2; Plin. 17, 25, 38, § 244; Suet. Vesp. 23; Inscr. Orell. 49; Vulg. Exod. 26, 19: villae, the [[foundation]]-[[wall]], Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 2, § 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: bases virtutis, foundations, Vulg. Ecclus. 6, 30.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., prov.: aliquem cum basi suā metiri, to [[measure]] a [[pillar]] [[together]] [[with]] its [[pedestal]], i. e. to [[give]] false [[measure]], to [[estimate]] [[too]] [[high]], Sen. Ep. 76, 31.—<br /><b>III</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In math.: [[basis]] trianguli, the [[base]] of a [[triangle]], Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: [[arcus]], the [[chord]] of an arc, Col. 5, 2, 9; 3, 13, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In archit., the lowest [[part]] of the [[shaft]] of a [[column]], Vitr. 4, 1, 6 ([[our]] [[pedestal]] is expressed by [[spira]], q. v.).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> In gram., the [[primitive]] [[word]], the [[root]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 79, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Of [[cattle]], a [[track]], footprint, Veg. 1, 25, 6; 1, 26, 1; 1, 3, 46 al.