πυθμήν
πυθμήν,
ένος,
ὁ,
A). bottom, of a cup or jar,
δειλὴ δ’ ἐνὶ πυθμένι φειδώ Hes. Op. 369 (so prov.
ἐν τῷ πυθμένι τοῦ πίθου Lib. Ep. 127.2 );
τὼ δὲ πίθω πατάγεσκ’ ὀ πύθμην Alc. Supp. 25.9 , cf.
Arist. Pr. 936a32 ,
Sor. 1.91 ; distd. from
πύνδαξ,
Arist. Pr. 938a14 ;
φιάλη .. ἡ ἐπὶ τὸν π. καὶ τὸ στόμα τιθεμένη Asclep.Myrl. ap.
Ath. 11.501d , cf.
Apollod. ib. a; this sense is doubtful in
Il. 11.635 (cf. infr.
4 and
Ath. 11.488f ), and in
IG 12.282.111 ,
11(2).161 B 120 ,
287 B 89 ,
131 ,
143 (Delos, iii B.C.);
ἐν τῷ π. ἐπιγραφὴν ἔχουσα Inscr.Délos 313a102 , cf.
320 B 45 , al. (iii B.C.).
3). of the sea,
bottom, depth,
π. θαλάσσης, πόντου, λίμνης,
Hes. Th. 932 ,
Sol. 13.20 ,
Thgn. 1035 ;
τοῦ πελάγους Pl. Phd. 109c , cf.
112b ; also
Ταρτάρου,
abyss,
Pi. Fr. 207 .
4). support under a cup's handle,
δύω δ’ ὑπὸ πυθμένες ἦσαν Il. 11.635 (cf. supr.
1 );
legs of a tripod,
18.375 .
5). pl.,
sockets,
ἐκ πυθμένων ἔκλινε κλῇθρα S. OT 1261 .
II). stock, root of a tree,
παρὰ πυθμέν’ ἐλαίης Od. 13.122 ,
372 , cf.
23.204 ;
ἐν π. φηγοῦ Hes. Fr. 134.8 ;
π. δρυός Ion Trag.
28 ;
ὁ π. τῆς ῥίζης Dsc. 4.104 , cf.
3.126 ;
σεύτλου πυθμένες beet-
roots,
BGU 1118.17 (i B.C.);
ἁλικακκάβων π. ib.
1120.37 (i B.C.);
ἀμπέλου Str. 2.1.14 , cf.
PPetr. 1p.78 (iii B.C.);
ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ π.
Thphr. HP 2.2.9 , cf.
CP 3.13.3 : metaph.,
ἐκ νεάτου π. ἐς κορυφήν Sol. 13.10 .
b). metaph.,
stem, stock of a family,
A. Ch. 260 ,
Supp. 106 (lyr.);
σμικροῦ γένοιτ’ ἂν σπέρματος μέγας π., i.e. great things might come from small,
Id. Ch. 204 ;
πυθμένες θάλλουσιν ἐσθλῶν B. 5.198 ;
π. δικῶν, of a litigious person,
Com.Adesp. 896 .
III). in Arithmetic,
base of a series, i.e.
lowest number possessing a given property,
π. ὁ δέκα (of the numbers such that the previous integers contain an equal number of primes and non-primes)
Speus. ap.
Theol.Ar. 62 ;
ἐπίτριτος π. the
first couple of numbers giving the ratio
4 :
3 ,
Pl. R. 546c , cf.
Nicom. Ar. 1.21 ,
2.19 .[
ῠ in
A. ll. cc.;
ῡ by position in Ep., etc.] (Cf. Skt.
budhnás 'bottom, base', Lat.
fundus, O
E. botm.)
ShortDef
the hollow bottom
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πυθμήν</span>, <span class="itype greek">ένος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bottom</span>, of a cup or jar, <span class="quote greek">δειλὴ δ’ ἐνὶ πυθμένι φειδώ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:369" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:369/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 369 </a> (so prov. <span class="quote greek">ἐν τῷ πυθμένι τοῦ πίθου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg001:127:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2200.tlg001:127.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lib.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 127.2 </a> ); <span class="quote greek">τὼ δὲ πίθω πατάγεσκ’ ὀ πύθμην</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 25.9 </span> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:936a:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:936a.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 936a32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.91 </a>; distd. from <span class="foreign greek">πύνδαξ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:938a:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:938a.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 938a14 </a>; <span class="quote greek">φιάλη .. ἡ ἐπὶ τὸν π. καὶ τὸ στόμα τιθεμένη</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Asclep.Myrl.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:501d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.501d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 11.501d </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Apollod.</span> </span> ib. a; this sense is doubtful in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:635" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.635/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.635 </a> (cf. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4/canonical-url/"> 4 </a> and <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:488f" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11.488f/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 11.488f </a>), and in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.282.111 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 11(2).161 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">B</span> 120 </span>, <span class="bibl"> 287 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">B</span> 89 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 131 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 143 </span> (Delos, iii B.C.); <span class="quote greek">ἐν τῷ π. ἐπιγραφὴν ἔχουσα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inscr.Délos</span> 313a102 </span> , cf. <span class="bibl"> 320 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">B</span> 45 </span>, al. (iii B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base, foundation</span>, <span class="quote greek">χθόνα ἐκ πυθμένων κραδαίνειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1046" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1046/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 1046 </a> (anap.); <span class="foreign greek">π. γαίης, πέτρης</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A.</span> 92 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg003:162" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg003:162/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">L.</span> 162 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">foot</span> of a mountain, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:989" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:989/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 989 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> of the sea, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bottom, depth</span>, <span class="foreign greek">π. θαλάσσης, πόντου, λίμνης</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:932" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:932/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 932 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:13:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:13.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sol.</span> 13.20 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 1035 </span>; <span class="quote greek">τοῦ πελάγους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:109c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:109c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 109c </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:112b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:112b/canonical-url/"> 112b </a>; also <span class="foreign greek">Ταρτάρου</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">abyss</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:207" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg005:207/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 207 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">support</span> under a cup\'s handle, <span class="quote greek">δύω δ’ ὑπὸ πυθμένες ἦσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:635" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.635/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.635 </a> (cf. supr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a>); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">legs</span> of a tripod, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:375" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:18.375/canonical-url/"> 18.375 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sockets</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐκ πυθμένων ἔκλινε κλῇθρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1261" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:1261/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 1261 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> in Anatomy, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fundus</span> of univalves, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:529a:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:529a.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 529a6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:680a:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:680a.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 680a23 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lower parts</span> of the testes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Onom.</span> 105 </a> (but, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">upper part</span> of the uterus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0565.tlg001:1.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sor.</span> 1.7 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 2.889 </span>); also <span class="foreign greek">γενειάδος π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:27/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 27 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">distal end</span> of a quince, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg001:111" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0718.tlg001:111/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aët.</span> 1.111 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">Δίκας ἐρείδεται π</span>. the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base</span> of Justice is firmly set, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:646" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:646/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 646 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">π. κακῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:893" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg002:893/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">A.</span> 893 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">πυθμένες λόγων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fundamental</span> principles, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Protag.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 9.54 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Ζεὺς π. γαίης τε καὶ οὐρανοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg011:168:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0579.tlg011:168.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 168.4 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stock, root of a tree</span>, <span class="quote greek">παρὰ πυθμέν’ ἐλαίης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:13:122" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:13.122/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 13.122 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:372" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:372/canonical-url/"> 372 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:23:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:23.204/canonical-url/"> 23.204 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐν π. φηγοῦ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:134:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:134.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 134.8 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. δρυός</span> Ion Trag.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg007:28/canonical-url/"> 28 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ π. τῆς ῥίζης</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.104 </span> , cf. <span class="bibl"> 3.126 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">σεύτλου πυθμένες</span> beet-<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roots</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 1118.17 </span> (i B.C.); <span class="foreign greek">ἁλικακκάβων π</span>. ib. <span class="bibl"> 1120.37 </span> (i B.C.); <span class="quote greek">ἀμπέλου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 2.1.14 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PPetr.</span> 1p.78 </span> (iii B.C.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:2:2:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:2:2:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 2.2.9 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:13:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:13:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 3.13.3 </a>: metaph., <span class="quote greek">ἐκ νεάτου π. ἐς κορυφήν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:13:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:13.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sol.</span> 13.10 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stem, stalk</span>, <span class="foreign greek">πυροῦ, κριθῶν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:728b:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:728b.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 728b36 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:1.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 1.14 </a>; <span class="quote greek">σύκων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:170" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.170/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 2.170 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τυτθὸν .. ἐν χθονὶ πυθμένα τείνει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:639" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0022.tlg001:639/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nic.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 639 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stem, stock</span> of a family, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:260" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:260/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 260 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:106/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 106 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">σμικροῦ γένοιτ’ ἂν σπέρματος μέγας π</span>., i.e. great things might come from small, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:204/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 204 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πυθμένες θάλλουσιν ἐσθλῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5:198" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:5.198/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 5.198 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">π. δικῶν</span>, of a litigious person, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 896 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> in Arithmetic, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">base</span> of a series, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lowest number possessing a given property</span>, <span class="foreign greek">π. ὁ δέκα</span> (of the numbers such that the previous integers contain an equal number of primes and non-primes) <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Speus.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Theol.Ar.</span> 62 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐπίτριτος π</span>. the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">first</span> couple of numbers giving the ratio <span class="bibl"> 4 </span>:<span class="bibl"> 3 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:546c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:546c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 546c </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0358.tlg001:1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0358.tlg001:1.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nicom.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ar.</span> 1.21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0358.tlg001:2:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0358.tlg001:2.19/canonical-url/"> 2.19 </a>.[<span class="pron greek">ῠ</span> in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> </span> ll. cc.; <span class="pron greek">ῡ</span> by position in Ep., etc.] (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">budhnás</span> \'bottom, base\', Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fundus</span>, O<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">botm.</span>)</div> </div><br><br>'}