A.= βάθος, depth of the sea, “κατὰ βένθος ἁλός” Il. 18.38,49; “ἁλὸς βένθοσδε” Od.4.780, 8.51: in pl., “ὅστε θαλάσσης πάσης βένθεα οἶδεν” 1.53; “ἐν βένθεσσιν ἁλός” Il.1.358; “βένθεσι λίμνης” 13.21, 32; also “βαθείης βένθεσιν ὕλης” Od.17.316: metaph., “βένθεϊ σῆς κραδίης” AP5.273 (Paul. Sil.).—Used also by Emp.35.3, al., Pi. O.7.57, and in lyr., E.Fr.304, Ar.Ra.666. (Cf. βαθύς.)
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