A.bottomless, unfathomed, “πηγαί” Hdt.2.28; “ἄτης ἄβυσσον πέλαγος” A.Supp.470; “χάσματα” E.Ph.1605; “λίμνη” Ar.Ra.137: generally, unfathomable, boundless, “πλοῦτος” A.Th.948; “ἀργύριον” Ar. Lys.174; “φρένα Δίαν καθορᾶν, ὄψιν ἄβυσσον” A.Supp.1058.
II. “ἡ ἄ.” the great deep, LXX Ge.1.2, etc.: the abyss, underworld, Ev. Luc.8.31, Ep.Rom.10.7, Apoc.9.1, etc.; the infinite void, PMag.Par. 1.1120, cf. PMag.Lond.121.261.