βάθος

βάθος [ᾰ], εος, τό, ([etym.] βαθύς)

A depth or height, acc. as measured up or down,

Ταρτάρου βάθη A.Pr.1029

;

αἰθέρος βάθος E.Med.1297

, cf. Ar. Av.1715; βάθους μετέχειν to be a solid, possessing depth as well as length and breadth, Pl.R.528b;

εἴτ' ἐν βάθεσιν εἴτ' ἐν τάχεσιν Id.Plt. 299e

;

βάθους αὔξη Id.R.528d

; opp. μῆκος, πλάτος, Arist.Ph.209a5;

μεγέθους τὸ ἐπὶ τρία [συνεχὲς] β. Id.Metaph.1020a12

: with Preps.,

ἐκ βάθεος

in depth,

Hdt.1.186

;

ἐκ βάθους

through and through,

Plot. 5.8.10

;

εἰς βάθος Arist.Mete.386a23

, al.;

ἐν βάθει Id.Sens.440a14

, etc.;

κατὰ βάθους Id.Mete.339b12

; κατὰ βάθος in a descending scale, metaph. of causation, Dam.Pr.95: freq. in military sense, depth of a line of battle, X.HG3.4.13, etc.;

ἐπὶ βάθος τάσσεσθαι

in depth of line,

Th.5.68

;

ἐς β. ἐκτάξαι Arr.An.1.2.4

; β. τριχῶν, of long thick hair, Hdt.5.9;

ἄτομα πώγωνος βάθη Ephipp.14.7

; interior of a country, Str.3.3.7, al.; depth, of perspective in a picture, Procop.Gaz.Ecphr. p.157 B.: pl.,

βάθη

depths,

Pl.Ti.44d

, etc.; deep water, opp. shallows near shore, LXXPs.68(69).2, al., Ev.Luc.5.4;

ἐν τοῖς βάθεσιν Arist. HA599b9

.

b Astron., = ταπείνωμα, Vett.Val.241.26.

2 metaph.,

κακῶν ὁρῶν β. A.Pers.465

;

ἢ μακροῦ πλούτου βάθει S.Aj.130

, cf. Ep.Rom.11.33;

β. ἡγεμονίας Plu.Pomp.53

; depth of mind, β. τι ἔχειν γενναῖον, of Parmenides, Pl.Tht.184a; ἐν βάθει πόσιος deep in drink, Theoc.14.29;

β. καρδίας ἀνθρώπου LXXJu.8.14

; τὰ β. τοῦ θεοῦ, τοῦ Σατανᾶ, 1 Ep.Cor.2.10, Apoc.2.24.

3 of lit. style, bathos,

ὕψους ἢ β. Longin.2.1

. (Substituted for βένθος under the influence of βαθύς.)