βουνός + βαίνω
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
βουβῶνι
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
boubōn
English translation (word)
1. groin, 2. swollen gland
Transliteration (Etymon)
bounos + bainō
English translation (etymon)
hill + to go
Century
11 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Etymologica hominum 273-274
Ed.
R. Reitzenstein, M. Terentius Varro und Johannes Mauropus von Euchaita: eine Studie zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig: Teubner, 1901
Quotation
βουβῶνι κλῆσις ἐκ πάθους, ὅπερ φύει, / βουνοῦ δίκην βαίνοντος εἰς ὄγκον μέγαν.
Translation (En)
The name of the edema (boubōni) comes from the illness, which grows like a hill (bounou) moving (bainontos) toward a big swelling
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Unknown (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has βουβώνας and the derivative βουβωνικός "bubonic"
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology. The first member is identified as the name of the hill, βουνός, instead of the intensive prefix βου- found in the standard etymology (see βουβών / βοῦς + βαίνω). The etymology is meant to account for the meaning "swollen gland", and refers to the swelling.