βένθος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Poetic form of βάθος (báthos, depth).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βένθος (bénthosn (genitive βένθους or βένθεος); third declension

  1. (of the sea) depth

Declension

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βένθος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 211

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