- βάραθρον
- βάραθρον [pron. full] [βᾰ], [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. [full] βέρεθρον (q. v., cf. ζέρεθρον), shortd. [full] βέθρον (q. v.), τό,A gulf, pit, Arist.Pr.947a19; esp.at Athens, a cleft into which criminals were thrown, Hdt.7.133, Ar.Nu.1450, Com.Adesp. 24.10 D., Pl.Grg.516c, AB219, Sch.Ar.Pl.431.2 metaph.,
ἐν τῷ β. χειμάζειν D.8.45
; ruin, perdition, Luc.Am.5, etc.; name of a courtesan, Theophil.Com.11.II a woman's ornament, Ar.Fr. 320.8.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.