βῆσσα, Dor.
βᾶσσα,ἡ, poet. Noun,
A. wooded combe, glen, in Hom. mostlyοὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃςin the mountainglens, Il. 3.34 , al.; ἐν καλῇ βήσσῃ
18.588
, cf. Od. 19.435 ; κοίλη δ' ὑποδέδρομε βῆσσα τρηχεῖα
h.Ap. 284
: pl. for sg., ἐν βήσσῃσι
Od. 10.210
: used also by Pi. , twice by S. (lyr.), OC 673 , Aj. 197 , and Arist. HA 618b24 .
II. drinkingcupat Alexandria, broader below and narrower above, Ath. 11.784b .