ἐμβαθύνας βόθρια

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `hole, trench, pit (dug in the ground)' (Il.; on the meaning s. Hutchinson JHSt. 55, 1ff.; also as sports term, s. Jüthner WienStud. 53, 68ff.).

Derivatives: βοθρίον (Alciphr.) also `small ulcer' (Hp.). - Also (cf. Schwyzer 481) βόθῡνος m. (Cratin.; cf. αἰσχρός: αἰσχύνομαι, Chantr. Form. 208).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: βόθρος and βόθυνος have been connected with Lith. bedù `sting, dig', Lat. fodio `dig', fossa, Welsh bedd `canal'. One assumes a dissimilated PIE * bodh-, or influence of βαθύς (but Alkiphr. 3, 13 ἐμβαθύνας βόθρια may be a later association). - H. Petersson, Heteroklisie 128ff., assumes a labiovelar and connects γυθίσσων διορύσσων H. and further βαθύς etc. (s. βυθός); improbable. - The IE connection is impossible, and the formation (nominal -ῡν-, s. Beekes, Pre-Greek) is also suspect; the meaning too makes a Pre-Gr. word probable.

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