βύθιος
α, ον, ος, ον
A.
in the deep, sunken, Luc. DMar. 3.1; κρηπῖδας β. πηξαμένη AP 9.791 (Apollonid.); ἐκ β. ἰλύος from the mud of the deep, Hymn.Is. 71.
II.
in or of the sea, τὰ β. (sc. ζῷα) water animals, AP 6.182 (Alex. Magn.); β. Κρονίδης Poseidon, Luc. Epigr. 34; τέχνη fishery, Opp. H. 3.15.
III.
metaph., deep, βύθιόν τι καὶ δεινὸν φθέγγεσθαι Plu. Crass. 23; β. διάνοια Ph. 1.194 (but ἕως ἂν λογισμὸς β. οἴχηται vanishes in the deep, ib.639, cf. Nonn. D. 2.55); abysmal, Dam. Pr. 106.