βωμός

A. raised platform, stand, for chariots, Il. 8.441; base of a statue, Od. 7.100: but,

2. mostly, altar with a base, ἱερὸς β. Il. 2.305, etc.; πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς A. Eu. 305; βωμὸς ἀρῆς φυγάσιν ῥῦμα Id. Supp. 84 (lyr.); βωμῶν ἀπείργειν τινά Id. Ch. 293; ἀγυιεὺς β. S. Fr. 370; of suppliants, ποτὶ βωμὸν ἵζεσθαι Od. 22.334; βωμοσι προσῆσθαι, προσπεσόντα βωμῷ καθῆσθαι, S. OT 16, OC 1158; βωμὸν ἵζειν E. Ion 1314: also in Prose, β. ἱδρύσασθαι Hdt. 3.142, cf. Pl. Prt. 322a; ἱζόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸν β. Hdt. 6.108; ἐπὶ βωμῶν καθέζεσθαι Lys. 2.11.

3. later, tomb, cairn, Epigr.Gr. 319.

4. title of poems by Dosiades and Besantinus, AP 15.26and25, cf. Luc. Lex. 25.

5. altar-shaped cake, IG 2.1651 B,C, Poll. 6.76.

6. Ζεὺς Βωμός, prob. a Syrian god, Hermes 37.118 (Syria).

7. central fire in the system of Philolaus, acc. to Placit. 2.7.7.

8. in pl., = ἔμβολοι, Hsch.