Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βέρεθρον ‎(bérethron) (Ionic)

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /βáraθron/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /váraθron/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /váɾaθɾon/

Noun

βάραθρον • ‎(bárathron) n ‎(genitive βαράθρου); second declension

1. gulf, cleft, pit (especially one at Athens behind the acropolis into which criminals were thrown)
2. ruin, perdition
3. glutton, spendthrift

Inflection

Related terms

• βάθρον ‎(báthron)
• βέθρον ‎(béthron)
• βόθρος ‎(bóthros)
• βάθος ‎(báthos)
• βύθος ‎(búthos)

References

• βάραθρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βάραθρον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «βάραθρον» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «βάραθρον» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • pit idem, page 614.