that on which anything steps
βάθρον,τό, (βαίνω)
A. that on which anything stepsorstands,hence,
1. base, pedestal,
τὸ β. καὶ ὁ θρόνος
Hdt. 1.183
; of a statue, Id. 5.85 , X. Eq. 1.1 ; δαιμόνων ἱδρύματα . . ἐξανέστρεπται βάθρων
A. Pers. 812
;throne,
ὑψηλὸν Δίκας β.
S. Ant. 854
.
2. stage, scaffold,
Hdt. 7.23 .
3. generally,solid base,
ἀμφιρύτου Σαλαμῖνος β.
S. Aj. 135
(anap.), cf. Ph. 1000 , OC 1662 ;ὦ πατρῷον ἑστίας β.,i.e.houseof my father, Id. Aj. 860 : metaph., Εὐνομία βάθρον πολίων
Pi. O. 13.6
: pl.,foundations,
Ἰλίου . . ἐξαναστήσας βάθρα
E. Supp. 1198
;ἐν βάθροις εἶναιstandfirm,
Id. Tr. 47 ; ἐκ βάθρων ἀνῃρῆσθαι utterly,
Id. El. 608
, cf. D.H. 8.1 , Lyc. 770 , AP 9.97 ( Alph. ).
4. step,
S. OC 1591 ;rung of a ladder,
E. Ph. 1179 .
5. bench, seat,
S. OT 142 , OC 101 , Phryn.Com. 3.5 ;τὰ β.,of a lecture-room or school, Pl. Prt. 315c , 325e , etc.; τὰ βάθρα σπογγίζων
D. 18.258
;seatsin the council-chamber, Lys. 13.37 .
6.
β. Ἱπποκράτους machine for reducing dislocation,
Ruf.
ap. Orib. 49.26 .
7. metaph.,πόνους ἀφῖγμαι κἀπὶ κινδύνου βάθρα the vergeof danger, E. Cyc. 352 .
