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Quotation
Bορά· παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ τρέφω, οὗ ὁ μέλλων βόσω, ἀφ’ οὗ βορὸς καὶ βορὰ καὶ βοτήρ.
Translation (En)
Bora "food" : from *bō, "to feed", the future of which is bosō, from which are made boros "gluttonous", bora and botēr "herdsman".
Other translation(s)
Bora « nourriture » : de *bō « nourrir », dont le futur est bosō, à partir duquel sont faits boros « vorace », bora et botēr « berger ».
Parallels
Etym. Genuinum, beta 182 (Βορά · παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ τρέφω, ὁ μέλλων βόσω· βορός καὶ βορά); Etym. Gudianum, beta, p. 278 (Βορά· ἡ βρῶσις· παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ τρέφω, ὁ μέλλων βόσω βορός καὶ βορά, καὶ βότης καὶ συβώτης ἐπεκτάσει τοῦ ο εἰς ω· ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ βούτης πλεονασμῷ τοῦ υ. καὶ εἰς τὸ Βόρβορος καὶ Λάβρος καὶ Νεβρός); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 205 (Βορά: Ἡ τροφή. Παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ τρέφω· ὁ μέλλων, βόσω· βορὸς, καὶ βορά. Ἐξ αὐτῶν βοράζω, τὸ τρέφω); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 466 (βορά (*Philox. Fr. 66)· βῶ, τὸ τρέφω—10 βορά); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, beta, p. 400 (Βορά. ἡ τροφή. παρὰ τὸ βῶ τὸ τρέφω)
Comment
Derivational etymology starting from the monosyllabic verb *βῶ assumed as the basis of βόσκω "to feed". The food is etymologized not as "what is eaten" but as what is fed.