ἔδᾰφος,εος,τό,
A. bottom, foundation, baseof anything, τῆς κατασκευῆς τὰ ἐ.
Th. 1.10
;ἔ. νηός bottomof a ship, Od. 5.249 ; ἔ. πλοίου
D. 32.5
, cf. Pherecr. 12 ;ἔ. ποταμοῦ, τῆς θαλάττης, X. Cyr. 7.5.18 , Arist. HA 534a11 ; [ποτηρίου] Pherecr. 143.2 .
2. ground-floor, pavement, οἴκου
Hdt. 8.137
;καθελεῖν ἐς ἔ.raze to theground, Th. 3.68 ; τὸ ἔ. ὁμαλίσασι
IG 11(2).161
A 57 (Delos,iii B.C.); ἔπεσον εἰς τὸ ἔ.
Act.Ap. 22.7
; ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μέχρι παντὸς ὕψους
CPR 95.17
(iii A. D.), etc.
3. ground, soil,περὶ τοῦ τῆς πατρίδος ἐδάφους ἀγωνίζεσθαιfor our country'ssoil, Aeschin. 3.134 , cf. D. 26.11 (pl.);ἐχθρὸς τῷ τῆς πόλεως ἐδάφει, of a mortal foe, Id. 8.39 , 10.11 ; ὀκρυόειν ἔ. Eleg.Alex. Adesp.