βάραθρον [βᾰ],
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect βέρεθρον (which see, compare ζέρεθρον), shortened βέθρον (which see), τό, gulf, pit, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 947a19 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; especiallyat Athens, a cleft into which criminals were thrown, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.133, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1450, “Comica Adespota” 24.10 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 516c, “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 219, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 431. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, ἐν τῷ β. χειμάζειν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 8.45 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ruin, perdition, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 5, etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; name of a courtesan, Theophil.Comedy texts [[ 11. ] Refs]
__II a woman's ornament, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 320.8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III ={βράθυ}, falsa lectio for{βόρατον}, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.76] Refs 1st c.AD+]. (Root gseq[uglide]er 'devour', compare βορά.)