βοάω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
βοῦς
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
bous
English translation (word)
ox
Transliteration (Etymon)
boaō
English translation (etymon)
to shout
Century
2 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Παρεκβολαὶ τοῦ μεγάλου ῥήματος p. 6
Ed.
J. La Roche, Παρεκβολαὶ τοῦ μεγάλου ῥήματος ἐκ τῶν Ἡρωδιανοῦ [Programm Akad. Gymn. Vienna. 1863]
Quotation
πάντα τὰ τῆς τρίτης συζυγίας τῶν περισπωμένων ῥήματα τῷ ω παραλήγεται κατὰ τὸν μέλλοντα, χωρὶς τοῦ ὀμῶ ὀμόσω, ἀρῶ ἀρόσω, βοόω βοόσω, ἐξ οὗ καὶ βοῦς.
Translation (En)
All the perispomena of the third conjugation lengthen the penultimate in the future except omô "I swear", omosō, arô "I plough" arosō, booō "I shout" boosō, from which is derived also bous "ox"
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Most scholars assume that *gwow- "cow, ox", known from all IE languages, is in fact derived from *gweh3- "to feed", root found in βόσκω, βόσις (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
Βου- survives only in compounds in the learned language, The word has been replaced by the old diminutive βοΐδιον > Mo. Gr. βόδι
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Derivational etymology: the ox is the "shouting" animal. The etymology owes a lot to the homophony between the genitive plural βοῶν "of the oxen" and the participle βοῶν "shouting", which is very often mentioned in grammatical works. The verb βοόω means "to turn into an ox/a cow", but clearly "ox" is not supposed to be derived from "to turn into an ox". It is likely that this βοόω of the third conjugation refers in fact to the epic forms of βοάω with diectasis. The latter is not attested in the future in the Homeric corpus as we know it and it is unclear where the indication that this verb does not have the regular lengthening in the future comes from