Βαθυρρείτης

deep-flowing

Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Apr 2002Vetting: high7 revisions

6 words

[Meaning] that which has deep streams.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βαθυρρείτης· ὁ βαθέα ῥεύματα ἔχων.

Betacode

*baqurrei/ths: o( baqe/a r(eu/mata e)/xwn.

Comparable entry, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon. The headword is an epic variant of baqu/roos, occurring in the genitive, as an epithet of Ocean, at Homer, Iliad 21.195, and Hesiod, Theogony 265 (texts at web addresses 1 & 2).