- πέλαγος
- πέλαγος, ους, τό (Hom. et al.; OGI 74, 3; IG XII/2, 119, 7; 2 Macc 5:21; TestSol; TestAbr A 17 p. 98, 27 [Stone p. 44]; TestNapht 6:5; EpArist 214; Philo, Joseph.; loanw. in rabb.).① open sea (as opposed to stretch of water near land), the open sea, the depths (of the sea) (Aristot., Probl. Sect. 23 Quaest. 3, 931b, 14 f. ἐν τῷ λιμένι ὀλίγη ἐστὶν ἡ θάλασσα, ἐν δὲ τῷ πελάγει βαθεῖα; Jos., Bell. 1, 409) τὸ πέλαγος τῆς θαλάσσης (Apollon. Rhod. 2, 608. Cp. also Eur., Tro. 88 πέλαγος Αἰγαίας ἁλός. Hesych.: πέλαγος … βυθός, πλάτος θαλάσσης): ἐν τῷ π. τῆς θαλάσσης in the open (deep) sea Mt 18:6 (Jos., C. Ap. 1, 307 of lepers ἵνα καθῶσιν εἰς τὸ πέλαγος); sim. ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ πέλαγει AcPl Ha 7, 25.② independent part of a whole body of water, sea (mostly so: Aeschyl. et al.; Diod S 4, 77, 6 τὸ πέλ. Ἰκάριον; Philo, Op. M. 63; Jos., Ant. 2, 348) τὸ π. τὸ κατὰ τὴν Κιλικίαν the sea along the coast of Cilicia Ac 27:5.—DELG. M-M.
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