ὑπόβαθρον

ὑπόβαθ-ρον, τό,

• anything put under, a base:
• • • 1 footstool, Thphr. HP 5.7.6, App. Pun. 111, D.L. 1.94; ὑ. νυμφικά IG 2(2).1485.54.
    • 2 a wooden framework to support a couch, a kind of rocking apparatus, X. Mem. 2.1.30, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.23.3, Anon. ap. Stob. 4.31.84.
    • 3 keel of a ship, prob. for ὑποβάραθρον in Gal. 19.169.
    • 4 step, διʼ ὑποβάθρων Lyd. Mag. 2.11, 3.41.

ὑπόβαθρον, τό, Alles, was man unterstellt oder untersetzt, Grundlage, Fundament, Fußbank, Sp.; Fußteppich, wie man erkl. Xen. Mem. 2.1.30 οὐ μόνον τὰς στρωμνάς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς κλίνας καὶ τὸ ὑπόβαθρα ταῖς κλίναις παρασκευάζεις.

ὑπόβαθρον ὑπό-βαθρον, ου, τό,

• anything put under: a framework to support a couch, a rocking apparatus, Xen.