βῆσσα

A. wooded combe, glen, in Hom. mostly οὔρεος ἐν βήσσῃς in the mountain glens, Il. 3.34, al.; ἐν καλῇ βήσσῃ 18.588, cf. Od. 19.435; κοίλη δ’ ὑποδέδρομε βῆσσα τρηχεῖα h.Ap. 284: pl. for sg., ἐν βήσσῃσι Od. 10.210: used also by Pi., twice by S. (lyr.), OC 673, Aj. 197, and Arist. HA 618b24.

II. drinkingcup at Alexandria, broader below and narrower above, Ath. 11.784b.