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βάθρον

bathron

that on which anything steps

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

βάθρον, τό, (βαίνω) A. that on which anything steps or stands, hence, 1. base, pedestal, τὸ β. καὶ ὁ θρόνος Hdt. 1.183; of a statue, Id. 5.85, X. Eq. 1.1; δαιμόνων ἱδρύματα . . ἐξανέστρεπται βάθρων A. Pers. 812; throne, ὑψηλὸν Δίκας β. S. Ant. 854. 2. stage, scaffold, Hdt. 7.23. 3. generally, solid base, ἀμφιρύτου Σαλαμῖνος β. S. Aj. 135 (anap.), cf. Ph. 1000, OC 1662; ὦ πατρῷον ἑστίας β., i.e. house of my father, Id. Aj. 860: metaph., Εὐνομία βάθρον πολίων Pi. O. 13.6: pl., foundations, Ἰλίου . . ἐξαναστήσας βάθρα E. Supp. 1198; ἐν βάθροις εἶναι stand firm, Id. Tr. 47; ἐκ βάθρων ἀνῃρῆσθαι utterly, Id. El. 608, cf. D.H. 8.1, Lyc. 770, AP 9.97 (Alph.). 4. step, S. OC 1591; rung of a ladder, E. Ph. 1179. 5. bench, seat, S. OT 142, OC 101, Phryn.Com. 3.5; τὰ β., of a lecture-room or school, Pl. Prt. 315c, 325e, etc.; τὰ βάθρα σπογγίζων D. 18.258; seats in the council-chamber, Lys. 13.37. 6. β. Ἱπποκράτους machine for reducing dislocation, Ruf. ap. Orib. 49.26. 7. metaph., πόνους ἀφῖγμαι κἀπὶ κινδύνου βάθρα the verge of danger, E. Cyc. 352.
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