(anap.);π. γαίης, πέτρης, Orph. A. 92 , L. 162 ;footof a mountain, Arat. 989 .
3. of the sea,bottom, depth,π. θαλάσσης, πόντου, λίμνης, Hes. Th. 932 , Sol. 13.20 , Thgn. 1035 ; τοῦ πελάγους
Pl. Phd. 109c
, cf. 112b ; alsoΤαρτάρου,abyss, Pi. Fr. 207 .
4. supportunder a cup's handle, δύω δ' ὑπὸ πυθμένες ἦσαν
Il. 11.635
(cf. supr. 1 );legsof a tripod, 18.375 .
5. pl.,sockets, ἐκ πυθμένων ἔκλινε κλῇθρα
S. OT 1261
.
6. in Anatomy,fundusof univalves, Arist. HA 529a6 , PA 680a23 ;lower partsof the testes, Ruf. Onom. 105 (but,upper partof the uterus, Sor. 1.7 , Gal. 2.889 ); alsoγενειάδος π. A. Fr. 27 ;distal endof a quince, Aët. 1.111 .
7. metaph.,Δίκας ἐρείδεται π. thebaseof Justice is firmly set, A. Ch. 646 (lyr.); π. κακῶν
b. metaph.,stem, stockof a family, A. Ch. 260 , Supp. 106 (lyr.);σμικροῦ γένοιτ' ἂν σπέρματος μέγας π., i.e. great things might come from small, Id. Ch. 204 ; πυθμένες θάλλουσιν ἐσθλῶν
B. 5.198
;π. δικῶν, of a litigious person, Com.Adesp. 896 .
III. in Arithmetic,baseof a series, i.e.lowest number possessing a given property,π. ὁ δέκα(of the numbers such that the previous integers contain an equal number of primes and non-primes) Speus. ap. Theol.Ar. 62 ;ἐπίτριτος π. thefirstcouple of numbers giving the ratio 4 : 3 , Pl. R. 546c , cf. Nicom. Ar. 1.21 , 2.19 . [ῠin A. ll. cc.;ῡby position in Ep. , etc.] (Cf. Skt.budhnás'bottom, base', Lat.fundus, O E.
