βόθρος
bothros
hole, trench
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
Click a work to list every occurrence by Bekker number — each links into the reader.
Dictionary (LSJ)
βόθρος, ὁ, A. hole, trench, or pit dug in the ground, βόθρον ὀρύξαι Od. 10.517; βόθρου τʼ ἐξέστρεψε [τὴν ἐλαίαν] Il. 17.58; trough, Od. 6.92: generally, hollow, An. 4.5.6; grave, 14.238 (Aerae); ritual pit for offerings to ὑποχθόνιοι θεοί, β. καὶ μέγαρα Antr. 6.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of
βόθρος — with the passages
he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated,
interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide.
Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.
‹ All lexicon entries