"βυθός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See βυθός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /by.tʰós/, /βyˈθos/, /viˈθos/, /by.tʰós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /byˈtʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /βyˈθos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /vyˈθos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /viˈθos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Traditionally considered a metathesis from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“hazy, deep”), with cognates including Old Church Slavonic дъно (dŭno), Old English dēop (English deep) and Albanian det (from Proto-Albanian *deubeta). Unrelated to βᾰθῠ́ς (băthŭ́s, “deep, thick, profound”) and βένθος (bénthos, “sea depth”), despite similar semantics and superficially similar phonetics. Alternately, cognate to Sanskrit गाध (gādha, “bottom, ford, shallows, standing-ground in water”). Also compare the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- with meaning related to swelling, as in a deepening. However, Beekes rejects Indo-European origin, based on phonetic difficulties with theories like the above, as well as θ/σσ variation displayed by the word's variant βυσσός (bussós) which is bolstered by the latter's substrate-like formation βυσσαλ- (bussal-), and assigns it to Pre-Greek instead. Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*dʰewb-}}, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*dʰewb-|t=hazy, deep}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“hazy, deep”), {{cog|cu|дъно}} Old Church Slavonic дъно (dŭno), {{cog|ang|dēop}} Old English dēop, {{cog|en|deep}} English deep, {{cog|sq|det}} Albanian det, {{cog|sqj-pro|*deubeta}} Proto-Albanian *deubeta, {{cog|sa|गाध||bottom, ford, shallows, standing-ground in water}} Sanskrit गाध (gādha, “bottom, ford, shallows, standing-ground in water”), {{der|grc|ine-pro|*bʰew-}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, {{bor|grc|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|βῠθοῦ|m|second|head=βῠθός}} βῠθός • (bŭthós) m (genitive βῠθοῦ); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βῠθός|βῠθοῦ}} Forms: βῠθός [canonical], bŭthós [romanization], βῠθοῦ [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ βῠθός [nominative, singular], τὼ βῠθώ [dual, nominative], οἱ βῠθοί [nominative, plural], τοῦ βῠθοῦ [genitive, singular], τοῖν βῠθοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν βῠθῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ βῠθῷ [dative, singular], τοῖν βῠθοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς βῠθοῖς [dative, plural], τὸν βῠθόν [accusative, singular], τὼ βῠθώ [accusative, dual], τοὺς βῠθούς [accusative, plural], βῠθέ [singular, vocative], βῠθώ [dual, vocative], βῠθοί [plural, vocative]
  1. depth
    Sense id: en-βυθός-grc-noun-3tMhKbBb
  2. depth of the sea, deep water
    Sense id: en-βυθός-grc-noun-0OQvNG1T Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 38 62 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: βυσσός (bussós) Derived forms: ἄβυσσος (ábussos)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "ábussos",
      "word": "ἄβυσσος"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "expansion": "Old English dēop",
      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "deep"
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      "expansion": "English deep",
      "name": "cog"
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      },
      "expansion": "Albanian det",
      "name": "cog"
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      "roman": "toû bŭthoû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "roman": "toîn bŭthoîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive"
      ]
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        "plural"
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      "form": "τῷ βῠθῷ",
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "dual"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "deep",
          "deep"
        ],
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          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/by.tʰós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βyˈθos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈθos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/by.tʰós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/byˈtʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βyˈθos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vyˈθos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈθos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bussós",
      "word": "βυσσός"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Ancient Greek nouns",
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    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns without gender specified",
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    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
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    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "form": "οἱ βῠθοί",
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      "form": "τῶν βῠθῶν",
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      "form": "τῷ βῠθῷ",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "τοῖν βῠθοῖν",
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        "plural"
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      "args": {
        "1": "βῠθός",
        "2": "βῠθοῦ"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "depth"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depth",
          "depth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "depth of the sea, deep water"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depth",
          "depth"
        ],
        [
          "sea",
          "sea"
        ],
        [
          "deep",
          "deep"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/by.tʰós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βyˈθos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈθos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/by.tʰós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/byˈtʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βyˈθos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vyˈθos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/viˈθos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "bussós",
      "word": "βυσσός"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βυθός"
}

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