- βαθύς
- βαθύςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `deep, high', met. `rich' etc. (Il.).Compounds: Many compounds with βαθυ-: -κολπος, λειμος (Hom.).Derivatives: Comp. and sup. βαθύτερος, -τατος, rarely βάθιον, βάσσον, βάθιστος (Seiler Steigerungsformen 52). Factitive verb βαθύνω (Il.), intr. `go down, sink' (Ph.). On Βαθύλος, -υλλος s. Leumann Glotta 32, 218. - Beside βένθος`depth' (Il.); βάθος `id.' Ion.-Att.Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably]Etymology: Belongs to βένθος, but there are no further etym. connections; only -en- : -n̥- can be reconstructed, which seems IE. βένθος not analogical (after πένθος!, Schwyzer RhM 81, 201, Risch 125f.; rejected by Seiler l. c.). Not to βάπτω (and βόθρος) with Szemerényi, Glotta 38 (1960) 211-216. So not to βῆσσα, βάσσος, βυθός.Page in Frisk: 1,208
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.