βόθρος Prob. from the same Root as βαθύς: cp. also Lat. fodio.
any hole or pit dug in the ground, Lat. puteus, Hom.: a natural trough for washing clothes in, Od.:— a hole, such as a fire makes in the snow, Xen.
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