βαθμ-ός
or βασμός, ὁ, (βαίνω) step, threshold, [[ LXX.1Ki.5.5, [5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus] “fragment” 1127 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; degree on the dial, [[ LXX.2Ki.20.9f ] LXX]; fifteen degrees of the zodiac, [[ 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 31.2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; interval in a musical scale, [[ 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de vita Pythagorica” 26.120. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 rung of a ladder, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Trag.” 221. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 base or plinth of a tower, [[ “GDI” 5524.10 (from Cyzicus). ] Refs]
__II metaphorically, step, degree in rank (οἱ β. κλίμακος προκοπὴν σημαίνουσι [[ 2nd c.AD: Artemidorus Daldianus Onirocriticus 2.42), NT.1Tim.3.13, 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 24, 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 2.8, +others; οἱ τᾶς ἀξίας βάσμοι “IG” 12(2).243.16 (Mytil.)] NT+2nd c.AD+]; simply, degree, τολμημάτων βαθμοί [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.3.10; ὥσπερ ἡδονῆς κλίμακα συμπηξάμενος ἔρως πρῶτον ἔχει β. ὄψεως 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 53 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; step in an argument, [[ 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis de Caelo commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 718.35 ] Refs 6th c.AD+]; of a genealogy, ἀπωτέρω δυοῖν β. two steps farther back, i.e. farther back than one's grandfather, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 41.6. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III tax paid on stairs, [[ POxy. 574 (2nd c.AD): _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 296, 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus 97, βαθμός is _Ionic dialect_, βασμός _Attic dialect_, but βασμός occurs “GDI” 5524.10 (Cyzic.), “Jahresh.” 3.55 (from Scepsis). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]