ἔδᾰφος, εος, τό,
bottom, foundation, base of anything, τῆς κατασκευῆς τὰ ἐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔ. νηός bottom of a ship, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.249; ἔ. πλοίου 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.5, compare 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἔ. ποταμοῦ, τῆς θαλάττης, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.18, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 534a11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; [ποτηρίου] [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 143.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 ground-floor, pavement, οἴκου [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.137 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθελεῖν ἐς ἔ. raze to the ground, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.68; τὸ ἔ. ὁμαλίσασι “IG” 11(2).161 A 57 (Delos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔπεσον εἰς τὸ ἔ. [[ NT.Act.22.7; ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μέχρι παντὸς ὕψους “CPR” 95.17 (3rd c.AD), etc. ] NT+3rd c.AD+]
__3 ground, soil, περὶ τοῦ τῆς πατρίδος ἐδάφους ἀγωνίζεσθαι for our country's soil, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.134, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 26.11 (_plural_)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐχθρὸς τῷ τῆς πόλεως ἐδάφει, of a mortal foe, [[ [prev. author] 8.39, 10.11; ὀκρυόειν ἔ. “Eleg.Alex. Adesp.” 1.7 ] Refs]; soil, viewed in regard to its quality, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 2.4.1 (_plural_), 4.11.8: _plural_, ἐδάφη] Refs 4th c.BC+] lands and tenements (including houses), [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.42, “IG” 2.780, “PTeb.” 302.10 (1st c.AD)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, masses of earth, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.48U. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]