βάραθρον
τό
A.
gulf, pit, Arist. Pr. 947a19; esp.at Athens, a cleft into which criminals were thrown, Hdt. 7.133, Ar. Nu. 1450, Com.Adesp. 24.10 D., Pl. Grg. 516c, AB 219, Sch.Ar. Pl. 431.
2.
metaph., ἐν τῷ β. χειμάζειν D. 8.45; ruin, perdition, Luc. Am. 5, etc.; name of a courtesan, Theophil.Com.11.
II.
a woman's ornament, Ar. Fr. 320.8.
III.
= βράθυ, f.l. for βόρατον, Dsc. 1.76. (Root gseq[uglide]er 'devour', cf. βορά.)