Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

βόθρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βόθρος βόθρᾱ βόθρον

Structure: βοθρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Prob. from the same Root as baqu/s: cp. also Lat. fodio.

Sense

  1. any hole or pit dug in the ground, a natural trough, a hole

Examples

  • μικρὸν δ’ ἔτι προϊοῦσι καὶ πυρίληπτα πεδία καὶ μεστὰ βόθρων πυρὸσ ἐπὶ σταδίουσ πολλοὺσ ὥστε πόρρωθεν ἡ κομιδὴ τῶν ἐπιτηδείων, καὶ τὸ δοκοῦν δὲ πλεονέκτημα παρακείμενον ἔχει κίνδυνον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 2 12:16)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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