Ἀγχιβαθής

near-deep

Translated by Anne Mahoney27 Mar 1999Vetting: high3 revisions

5 words

[Meaning] one [that is] close-deep.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγχιβαθής· ὁ ἐγγύβαθος.

Betacode

*)agxibaqh/s: o( e)ggu/baqos.

From ancient comment on Homer, Odyssey 5.413, where the headword occurs (with the noun "sea") and the scholia have a periphrastic phrase which is tantamount to the present gloss.