[Meaning] that which not even a deep [buqo/s] can contain; but Ionians pronounce buqo/s as busso/s. From which also bussodomeu/ein ["to build in the deep"] appears to be said, from the verb du/nw ["I sink"] [meaning] I…
Ἄβυσσον· ἣν οὐδὲ βυθὸς χωρῆσαι δύναται· Ἴωνες δὲ τὸν βυθὸν βυσσόν φασιν. ὅθεν δοκεῖ λέγεσθαι καὶ βυσσοδομεύειν, παρὰ τὸ δύνω, τὸ ὑπεισέρχομαι, κατὰ τροπὴν βύω, βύσω, βέβυσμαι,…