ἄ·ϐυσσος, ος, ον, sans fond, d’une profondeur immense, HDT. 2, 28 ; ESCHL. Suppl. 470 ; fig. en parl. de richesses, etc. ESCHL. Sept. 950 ; AR. Lys. 174, etc. ; ἡ ἄϐ. abîme sans fond, NT. Luc. 8, 31, etc. ; particul. abîme de la mer, SPT. Esaï. 44, 27.

Étym. ἀ, βυσσός.

ον, bottomless, unfathomed, πηγαί Hdt. 2.28; ἄτης ἄβυσσον πέλαγος A. Supp. 470; χάσματα E. Ph. 1605; λίμνη Ar. Ra. 137; generally, unfathomable, boundless, πλοῦτος A. Th. 948; ἀργύριον Ar. Lys. 174; φρένα Δίαν καθορᾶν, ὄψιν ἄβυσσον A. Supp. 1058. ἡ ἄ.
the great deep, LXX Ge. 1.2, etc. ; the abyss, underworld, Ev. Luc. 8.31, Ep. Rom. 10.7, Apoc. 9.1, etc. ; the infinite void, PMagPar. 1.1120, cf. PMagLond. 121.261.

1) grundlos, vom Wasser, Νείλου πηγαί Her. 2.28 ; λίμνη Ar. Ran. 137 ; Ταρτάρου χάσματα Eur. Phoen. 1599 ; übertr., ἄτης πέλαγος Aesch. Suppl. 465 ; πέλαγος ἀβύσσων πραγμάτων Luc. Astrol. 15 ; unermeßlich, πλοῦτος Aesch. Spt. 931 ; ὄψις Suppl. 1044 ; ἀργύριον Ar. Lys. 174.
2) ἡ ἄβυσσος, NT, der Abgrund, die Hölle.

ἄ-βυσσος, -ον (Ion. βυσσός = βυθός),
__1. in cl., boundless, bottomless (e.g. ἄ. πέλαγος, ἄ. πλοῦτος Æsch.).
__2. [In LXX (for תְּהוֹם, Gen.1:2, al.; exc. Isa.44:27, Job.41:22 for צוּלָה, מְצוּלָה, Job.36:16 for רַחַב) and] NT, as subst. (MM, VGT, see word), ἡ ἄ. (sc. χώρα), the abyss;
__(a) of the sea (Gen.1:2);
__(b) of the underworld, as the abode of the dead: Rom.10:7 (a paraphrase of Deu.30:13 LXX); as the abode of demons, Luk.8:31, Rev.9:1, 2, 11, 11:7, 17:8, 20:1, 3 (Cremer, 2).
† (AS)