Βατήρ
threshold
Translated by Craig Gibson13 Jun 2002Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the beginning of the dug-up landing area for those [sc. competing in the long jump] in the pentathlon. "You have struck the very threshold of the argument," one says. Meaning the most important and chiefmost [point].1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βατήρ· ἡ ἀρχὴ τοῦ τῶν πεντάθλου σκάμματος. αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου, φησί τις. οἷον τὸ ἐπικαιρότατον καὶ τὸ πρῶτον.