A.in the deep, sunken, Luc.DMar.3.1; “κρηπῖδας β. πηξαμένη” AP9.791 (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, AP6.182 (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.