νέμω + βορά
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νεβρός· ἐλάφου γέννημα, οἱονεὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βορὰν ἐξιὸν καὶ νεμόμενον
Translation (En)
Nebros "fawn": young of the deer, as though it were the one going out for food (boran) and grazing (nemomenon)
Parallels
Photius, Lexicon, nu 84 (idem); Lexica segueriana, nu, p. 306 (idem); Suda, nu 126 (Νεβρός: ἐλάφου γέννημα, οἱονεὶ ἐπὶ τὴν βορὰν ἐξιὸν καὶ νεμόμενον. ἐτυμολογεῖται δὲ νεοπόρος τις ὤν); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 503 (κέμας […] Διαφορὰν δέ φασιν εἶναι κεμάδος καὶ νεβροῦ· κεμάδα γὰρ εἶναι τὴν ἐπικοιμωμένην τῷ σπηλαίῳ· νεβρὸν δὲ, τὸν μείζονα, καὶ ἐπὶ βορὰν νεμόμενον); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, nu, p. 1388 (Νεβρός. τὸ τῆς ἐλάφου γέννημα, ὁ νεωστὶ ἐπὶ βορὰν ἐληλυθώς. [ἢ νεβρὸν τὸν μείζονα καὶ οὐ νεογενῆ λέγει, ὡς νεμόμενον ἐπὶ βοράν.]); Schol. Ap. Rh., p. 262 (τρέσσε δ’ ἠύτε τις: κεμάς ἐστιν ἡ νέα ἔλαφος. διαφορὰν δέ φασιν εἶναι κεμάδος καὶ νεβροῦ· κεμάδα γὰρ εἶναι τὴν ἔτι κοιμωμένην ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ, οἷον κοιμάδα τινὰ οὖσαν, νεβρὸν δὲ τὸν ἤδη μείζονα καὶ ἐπὶ βορὰν ἐξιόντα καὶ νεμόμενον)
Comment
Compositional etymology. This etymology is meant for the weaned fawn, which gets its food by grazing. It can be contrasted with a different etymology referring to the unweaned fawn (νεβρός / νη- + βορά): the second member of the compound is the same, βορά "food", and the two etymologies can cover the two states of the νεβρός, sucking and weaned