βῠθός, ὁ,
the depth, especially of the sea, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 432 (Lyric poetry), NT.2Cor.11.25. ] NT+4th c.BC+]
__b generally, συνιζάνειν εἰς β. sink to the bottom, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Odoribus” 29: _metaphorically_, ἐξ οὐρίων δραμοῦσαν ἐς βυθὸν πεσεῖν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1083; ἀνακουφίσαι κάρα βυθῶν [prev. author] “OT” 24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐκ βυθοῦ κηκῖον αἷμα from the deep wound, [[ [prev. author] “Ph.” 783; καταφέρεσθαι εἰς β. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 619a7, etc.; τὴν ἀναφορὰν ποιησάμενος ἐκ τοῦ β. [prev. work] 622b7; ἐν τῷ β. τῆς θαλάττης [prev. work] 537a8: _metaphorically_, ἐν βυθῷ ἀτεχνίης] Refs 4th c.BC+] in the depth of.., [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 7; ἐν β. ἡ ἀλήθεια 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 117; εἴς τινα β. φλυαρίας ἐμπεσών 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Parmenides” 130d; ἀθεότητος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.757c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑπέρκοσμος β. abyss, [[ 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 106, 205. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]