βάσις

βάσις [ᾰ], εως, ἡ, ([etym.] βαίνω)

A stepping, step, and collectively, steps, A. Eu.36, S.Aj.8, etc.: metaph.,

ἡσύχῳ φρενῶν βάσει A.Ch.452

(lyr.);

οὐκ ἔχων β.

power to step,

S.Ph.691

(lyr.); τροχῶν βάσεις the rolling of the wheels, the rolling wheels, Id.El.718; ἀρβύλης β. the print of the sandal, E.El.532;

ποίμναις τήνδ' ἐπεμπίπτει βάσιν S.Aj.42

.

2 measured stepor movement,

β. χορείας Ar.Th.968

, cf. Pi.P.1.2: hence, rhythmical or metrical movement, Pl.R.399e, Lg.670d: in Rhet., rhythmical close of a sentence, Hermog.Id.1.6, al.; clause forming transition from πρότασις to ἀπόδοσις, Id.Inv.1.5: and in Metric, metrical unit, monometer, Arist.Pol.1263b35, Metaph.1087b36, Heph.11, Longin.Proll.Heph.3, Mar. Vict.p.47.3 K., etc.

3 order, sequence,

θέσις καὶ β. Epicur.Ep.1p.10U.

II that with which one steps, a foot, Pl.Ti.92a, Arist.GA750a4;

ποδῶν β. E.Hec.837

; θηλύπους β. their women's feet, Id.IA421; β. δίχηλος, of the ostrich, D.S.3.28.3: abs.,

αἱ βάσεις Ph.1.226

, Act.Ap.3.7;

σφὶγξ εἶχε β. λέοντος Apollod.3.5.8

; leg, Id.1.3.5;

βάσεων ἀποκοπαί Diog.Oen.39

.

III that whereon one stands, base, pedestal, [κρατῆρος] Alex.119; of statues, OGI705.6, etc.;

τρία ἔργα . . ἐπὶ μιᾶς β. Str.14.1.14

, cf. Luc.Philops. 19;

λεβήτων Plb.5.88.5

; of an engine, Hero Bel.88.1, al.; of a column, PLond.3.755v6 (iv A. D.): Medic.,

τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου Herophil.

ap. Placit.4.5.4, cf. Plu.Per.6;

τραχήλου Id.Pyrrh.34

;

κοῖλαι βλεφάρων ἰοτυπεῖς βάσιες AP5.86

(Rufin.);

αἱ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς β. Sor. 1.27

, cf. Archig. ap. Aët. 16.101(91); of the heart, Gal.UP6.13;

ἐπανόρθωσις τὴν τοῦ κενουμένου βάσιν ἀναπληροῦσα Id.1.474

; foundation, basement,

ῥίζα πάντων καὶ β. ἁ γᾶ ἐρήρεισται Ti.Locr.97e

; so, of the soil,

πεδίων σπορίμα β. Hymn.Is.162

.

2 Geom., base of a solid or plane figure, Pl.Ti.55b, Arist.APr.41b15,al.; [κώνου] Democr.155;

πυραμίδος Speus.

ap. Theol.Ar.63.

IV position, fixedness, opp. φορά, etym. of βέβαιος, Pl.Cra.437a.

V Astrol., = ὡροσκόπος, Vett.Val.88.6, Paul.Al.T.2, Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).132.