βῆσσα
βῆσσα, a wooded comb
βῆσσα, Dor. βᾶσσα, ἡ, poet. Noun,
- 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.
βῆσσα, ης (ἡ) profondeur, cavité, d’où :
1 vallon, Il. 3, 34, etc. ; Od. 10, 210, etc. ; Hh. Ap. 284 ; Hés. Soph. etc. ||
2 sorte de vase à boire, Ath. 784b ||
➳ Dor. βᾶσσα, Pd. P. 9, 89 ; O. 4, 41 ; I. 3, 17.
βῆσσα, ἡ (βαθύς), Senkung, Tal, Waldschlucht, Hom. öfters, z.B. οὔρεος ἐν βήσσης Il. 3.34 ; ἐν καλῇ βήσσῃ 18.588 ; vgl. Od. 19.435 ; Hes. O. 508 ; Pind. im plur. z.B. Ol. 3.23 ; überhaupt unbebaute, öde Gegend, P. 39.53 ; εὐάνεμοι Soph. Aj. 198, u. sonst bei Dichtern.
Bei den Alexandrinern ein unten breites, oben enges Trinkgefäß, Ath. XI.784b.
Bei den Alexandrinern ein unten breites, oben enges Trinkgefäß, Ath. XI.784b.
βῆσσα
-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.
βῆσσα (βαθύς): glen, ravine; οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃς, Il. 3.34, etc.
βῆσσα
deriv. uncertain
- a wooded comb or glen, Hom., Soph.