βαθύνω

A. βεβάθυστο Nonn. D. 39.305: (βαθύς):— deepen, hollow out, βάθυνε δὲ χῶρον ἅπαντα, of a torrent, Il. 23.421; ἔσκαψε καὶ ἐβάθυνε dug and dug deep, Ev.Luc. 6.48; ἐβάθυνε πέδον ταρσῷ, of a dog, Nonn. D. 47.239: metaph., ὁ λιμὸς βαθύνει ἑαυτόν J. BJ 5.12.3: esp. as military term, deepen, τὴν φάλαγγα X. Cyr. 6.3.23, 8.5.15, cf. Arr. Tact. 25.11:—Pass., become deep, be deepened, λίμνη β. Thphr. HP 4.11.3; κρημνὸς βαθύνεται εἰς ἀπορρῶγα J. BJ 1.21.3; νάσως βαθυνομένας ἀπὸ ῥιζᾶν, of Delos, Hymn.Is. 160; τὸ βαθυνόμενον τῆς ῥηγμῖνος Agath. 2.2; of a deep wound, Nonn. D. 39.305; βαθυνομέναις χερσί in or with the hollowed hands, ib.11.180.

2. Math., add a third dimension, β. τὰ ἐπίπεδα Procl. in R. 2.52 K., cf. in Ti. 1.146 D.:—Pass., κυκλικῶς βαθυνθέντες Simp. in Ph. 59.17.

II. intr., sink deep, Ph. 1.248, 2.402; sink, crumble, Apollod. Poliorc. 157.8.

2. metaph., go deeply into a subject, βαθύνας θεωρῆσαι Procl. in Prm. p.622 S.