βαλβίς

βαλβίς
βαλβίς, ῖδος, , prop.
A rope drawn across the race-course at the starting and finishing-point: mostly in pl., posts to which this rope was attached, Ar.Eq.1159: so in sg., turning-post,

νῆσος β. ξεστῇ εἴκασται Philostr.VA5.5

: also, platform from which the quoit was thrown, Id.Im.1.24: hence, any starting-point, Antipho Soph.69;

βαλβίδων ἄπο E.HF867

, cf. Ar.V.548: metaph.,

ἕρπε πρὸς βαλβῖδα λυπηρὰν βίου E.Med.1245

;

ἐκ β. εἰς τέρμα Them.Or.13.177d

;

β. λόγου βέβληται Philostr.VS2.20.3

;

βιβλίου AP4.3b

.75 (Agath.); but, edge, ib.39.
II since the starting-point was also the goal, βαλβῖδες was used for any point to be gained, as the battlements (by one scaling a wall), S.Ant.131 (lyr.), cf. Lyc.287, Opp.C.1.513.
III = κοιλότης παραμήκης, Gal.19.87; v. foreg.

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