- βάσις
- βάσις, εως, ἡ (s. βαίνω; Aeschyl. et al.; ins; pap [PGM 7, 518]; LXX, TestSol, EpArist, Philo, Joseph.; SibOr 5, 54; loanw. in rabb.) in various senses relating to ‘step’ but in our lit. that with which one steps, usually of the area below the ankle, foot (so since Pla., Tim. 92a; Diod S 3, 28, 2; medical use in Hobart 34f; Philo, Op. M. 118 διτταὶ χεῖρες διτταὶ βάσεις, Post. Cai. 3; Jos., Ant. 7, 113; 303 [w. χεῖρες]; Wsd 13:18) αἱ β. Ac 3:7.—Synon. ποῦς.—DELG s.v. βαίνω p. 156. M-M.
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