βῆσσα
βῆσσα, a wooded comb
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βήσσας Noun: feminine accusative plural, Noun: feminine genitive singular of βῆσσα
- wooded combe, glen, in Hom. mostly οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃς in the mountain glens, Il. 3.34, al.; ἐν καλῇ βήσσῃ 18.588, cf. Od. 19.435; κοίλη δʼ ὑποδέδρομε βῆσσα τρηχεῖα h.Ap. 284: pl. for sg., ἐν βήσσῃσι Od. 10.210: used also by Pi., twice by S. (lyr.), OC 673, Aj. 197, and Arist. HA 618b24.
- II drinking-cup at Alexandria, broader below and narrower above, Ath. 11.784b.
1 valle profundo, cañada
οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃς
ἐν καλῇ βήσσῃ
κοίλη δ' ὑποδέδρομε βῆσσα τρηχεῖ'
• plu. colectivo
ἐν βήσσῃσι
2 copa ancha en su parte inferior y más estrecha en la superior, usada en Egipto, Ath.784b (vol.3 p.24), cf.
•Quizá de *βᾱθi̯α y rel. av. vi-gaθ- ‘garganta’, ‘barranco’, todo ello de *gu̯adh- y rel. tb. c. βαθύς, etc.
Bei den Alexandrinern ein unten breites, oben enges Trinkgefäß, Ath. XI.784b.
-ης, ἡ.
A glen or dell Il. 3.34, Il. 11.87, Il. 14.397, Il. 16.634, 766, Il. 17.283, Il. 18.588, Il. 22.190: Od. 10.210, 252, 275, Od. 19.435.
- a wooded comb or glen, Hom., Soph.