βοή + ἐΰς
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
βοῦς
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
bous
English translation (word)
ox
Transliteration (Etymon)
boē + eüs
English translation (etymon)
cry + good
Century
11 AD
Source
Idem
Ref.
Etymologica nominum 291
Ed.
R. Reitzenstein, M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita: eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig: Teubner, 1901
Quotation
Ἠὺς βοὴν βοῦς καὶ βοᾷ λίαν μέγα
Translation (En)
The ox (bous) is good (ēus) at shouting (boēn) and its cry is very loud
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Βου- survives only in compounds in the learned language, The word has been replaced by the old diminutive βοΐδιον 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
Compositional etymology refining on Herodian's etymology deriving βοῦς from βοάω (see βοῦς / βοάω) by providing as the etymon a syntagm "of the good cry", modelled after the Homeric βοὴν ἀγαθός, epithet of warriors" meaning "of the good war-cry". The use of the Homeric adjective ἠΰς as synonym of ἀγαθός is in keeping with the learned character of this etymology. The fact that ἠΰς, ἐΰς is only used as first member in compounds, never as second member, did not bother Mauropus