- βάραθρον
- βάραθρονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `cleft, abyss'Other forms: βέρεθρον (Hom.; Aeol. ?, Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 114), from which through *βέρθρον βέθρον (Euph.), Arc. ζέρεθρον (for δ-; cf. ζέλλω = δέλλω s. βάλλω)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: One would like to explain the variants from *βερα-. In that case the connection with βιβρώσκω (s. d.) `devour' cannot be maintained: *gʷerh₃-\/ gʷr̥h₃- would give *δερο-\/ βρω-, *βαρ(ο)-. The word therefore will be Pre-Gr., like φάραγξ; s. Beekes, Devel. 193. - Illyrian cognates in Krahe IF 58, 220.Page in Frisk: 1,219
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.