pit
pit
subs.
P. and V. βά̆ραθρον, τό, ὄρυγμα, τό.
For catching prey: use snare.
Pit of the stomach: V. τὰ κοῖλα γαστρός (Eur. Phoen. 1411).
subs.
P. and V. βά̆ραθρον, τό, ὄρυγμα, τό.
For catching prey: use snare.
Pit of the stomach: V. τὰ κοῖλα γαστρός (Eur. Phoen. 1411).
pit
v. trans.
Match: P. and V. ἀντῐτάσσειν, P. συμβάλλειν, V. σῠνά̆γειν, σῠνάπτειν, Ar. and V. ἀντῐτῐθέναι; see engage.
Be pitted against: P. ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (dat.), P. and V. ἀντῐτάσσεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.).
v. trans.
Match: P. and V. ἀντῐτάσσειν, P. συμβάλλειν, V. σῠνά̆γειν, σῠνάπτειν, Ar. and V. ἀντῐτῐθέναι; see engage.
Be pitted against: P. ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (dat.), P. and V. ἀντῐτάσσεσθαι (dat. or πρός, acc.).
PIT
s. fovea (general term): scrobs (opened for a short time to be filled up again): cavea (in a theatre; ☞ in ancient theatres this denoted the whole of the space allotted to the spectators): to dig a pit facere foveam (fossam); fodere scrobem: to dig a pit for anybody (figuratively) insidias alicui parare or struere or ponere; perniciem alicui moliri; aliquem decipere fovea (Plaut. Poen. 1 1 59): to fall into a pit in foveam delabi decidere (PROP.); in foveam incidere (PROP. and figuratively; Vid: Cic. Phil. 4 5 12); in insidias incidere (figuratively): he that digs a pit for another falls into it himself qui alteri exitium parat eum scire oportet sibi paratam pestem (Poeta ap. Cic. Tusc. 2 17 39); compedes quas ipse fecit ipse gestabit faber (Auson. Idyll. 7 in fine epistolary dedications).
s. fovea (general term): scrobs (opened for a short time to be filled up again): cavea (in a theatre; ☞ in ancient theatres this denoted the whole of the space allotted to the spectators): to dig a pit facere foveam (fossam); fodere scrobem: to dig a pit for anybody (figuratively) insidias alicui parare or struere or ponere; perniciem alicui moliri; aliquem decipere fovea (Plaut. Poen. 1 1 59): to fall into a pit in foveam delabi decidere (PROP.); in foveam incidere (PROP. and figuratively; Vid: Cic. Phil. 4 5 12); in insidias incidere (figuratively): he that digs a pit for another falls into it himself qui alteri exitium parat eum scire oportet sibi paratam pestem (Poeta ap. Cic. Tusc. 2 17 39); compedes quas ipse fecit ipse gestabit faber (Auson. Idyll. 7 in fine epistolary dedications).
v. To dig a pit facere foveam scrobem.
To store in a pit (e.g. to pit potatoes) in terram infodere; *in scrobem or scrobiculum infodere.
To mark with holes; e.g. pitted with the small-pox *cicatricibus variolarum insignis (of the face).
To store in a pit (e.g. to pit potatoes) in terram infodere; *in scrobem or scrobiculum infodere.
To mark with holes; e.g. pitted with the small-pox *cicatricibus variolarum insignis (of the face).
pit (subs.):
I. A cavity in the ground:
1. pŭteus: to sink a p. in the ground, p. in solido demittere, Virg. G. 2, 231: used for storing corn, Varr. R. R. 1, 57: see alsoMINE (I. 3).
2. fŏvea (usu. for entrapping animals): to hide carcases in p.s, (cadavera) foveis abscondere, Virg. G. 3, 358: v.PITFALL . (Scrobs, scrobis, usu. a hole or trench for planting.)
II. The grave: infēri, Orcus: v.GRAVE (II.).
III. The cavity under the shoulder: āla, axilla: v.ARMPIT .
IV. Of the stomach: *ventris pars ima (infima).
V. A small depression in the skin: lăcūna: cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 7, ad init., supercilia cana et sub ea lacunae.
VI. Of a theatre: perh. căvea (strictly including the whole audience-part of an ancient theatre, which was, in fact, all pit): Cic. Sen. 14, 48, etc.: v. Dict. Ant. p. 1122, a.
I. A cavity in the ground:
1. pŭteus: to sink a p. in the ground, p. in solido demittere, Virg. G. 2, 231: used for storing corn, Varr. R. R. 1, 57: see also
2. fŏvea (usu. for entrapping animals): to hide carcases in p.s, (cadavera) foveis abscondere, Virg. G. 3, 358: v.
II. The grave: infēri, Orcus: v.
III. The cavity under the shoulder: āla, axilla: v.
IV. Of the stomach: *ventris pars ima (infima).
V. A small depression in the skin: lăcūna: cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 7, ad init., supercilia cana et sub ea lacunae.
VI. Of a theatre: perh. căvea (strictly including the whole audience-part of an ancient theatre, which was, in fact, all pit): Cic. Sen. 14, 48, etc.: v. Dict. Ant. p. 1122, a.
pit (v.):
I. To mark with depressions, as in small-pox: Phr.. the skin is p.'d, excavantur in cuti foveae [better, lacunae]; imprimuntur cuti notae, Sydenham, p. 122: a face p.'d with small-pox, *facies ex variolis maculosa, variolarum notis [cicatricibus] distincta.
II. To set together in fight: committo, 3: to p. Latin boxers against Greek ones, pugiles Latinos cum Graecis c., Suet. Aug. 45: Juv.
I. To mark with depressions, as in small-pox: Phr.. the skin is p.'d, excavantur in cuti foveae [better, lacunae]; imprimuntur cuti notae, Sydenham, p. 122: a face p.'d with small-pox, *facies ex variolis maculosa, variolarum notis [cicatricibus] distincta.
II. To set together in fight: committo, 3: to p. Latin boxers against Greek ones, pugiles Latinos cum Graecis c., Suet. Aug. 45: Juv.
appearing fewer than 50 times
βάραθρονa gulf, pit
βυρσεῖον
tan-pit
βυρσοδέψιον
tan-pit
γνύθος
pit
καιάδας
a pit at Sparta, into which criminals were thrown
μάλη
the arm-pit
νιτρία
soda-pit
προκάρδιον
pit of the stomach
προσλάκκιον
overflow-pit
σιρός
a pit
σκάμμα
that which has been dug, trench, pit
σκαφιά
trench, pit
ἀντικάρδιον
pit of the stomach
ἁλοπήγιον
salt-works, salt-pit
ἐντύπωσις
impression, dint, pit
pit
Pit
- sacrificial: Paus. 5.13.2
- torches thrown into pit in honour of the Maid: Paus. 2.22.3
- sacred rites performed at pits: Paus. 2.12.1