βάρος

Validation

No

Last modification

Thu, 08/13/2026 - 12:05

Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

βορέας

Transliteration (Word)

boreas

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

baros

Author

Etym. Genuinum

Century

9 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etym. Genuinum, beta, 184

Ed.

F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 2, Athens: Parnassos Literary Society, 1992

Quotation

Βορέας· ὁ μὲν Ὠρίων (35, 1) ὠνοματοπεποιῆσθαι τὴν λέξιν φησὶ κατὰ μίμησιν τοῦ ἤχου τοῦ γινομένου κατὰ τὴν πνοὴν αὐτοῦ. ἄλλοι δὲ παρὰ τὸ βάρος Βορέας. ἢ (philox. fr. 67) παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ τρέφω, ὁ τρέφων καὶ αὐξάνων τοὺς καρπούς. ἢ παρὰ τὸ βορά, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν τροφήν, γίνεται Βορέας· βορᾶς γὰρ ἡμῖν αἴτιος συναύξων τοὺς καρπούς

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onomatopoeic

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No

Last modification

Thu, 08/13/2026 - 12:15

Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

βορέας

Transliteration (Word)

boreas

Etymon-lemma

None

Transliteration (Etymon)

borr

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

Etym. Genuinum

Ref.

Etym. Genuinum, beta, 184

Ed.

F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 2, Athens: Parnassos Literary Society, 1992

Quotation

Βορέας· ὁ μὲν Ὠρίων (35, 1) ὠνοματοπεποιῆσθαι τὴν λέξιν φησὶ κατὰ μίμησιν τοῦ ἤχου τοῦ γινομένου κατὰ τὴν πνοὴν αὐτοῦ. ἄλλοι δὲ παρὰ τὸ βάρος Βορέας. ἢ (philox. fr. 67) παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ τρέφω, ὁ τρέφων καὶ αὐξάνων τοὺς καρπούς. ἢ παρὰ τὸ βορά, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν τροφήν, γίνεται Βορέας· βορᾶς γὰρ ἡμῖν αἴτιος συναύξων τοὺς καρπούς

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βόσκω

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No

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

βορέας

Transliteration (Word)

boreas

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

*bô

Author

Philoxenus

Century

1 BC

Reference

Fr. 67*

Edition

C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976

Source

Etym. Genuinum

Ref.

Etym. Genuinum, beta, 184

Ed.

F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 2, Athens: Parnassos Literary Society, 1992

Quotation

Βορέας· ὁ μὲν Ὠρίων (35, 1) ὠνοματοπεποιῆσθαι τὴν λέξιν φησὶ κατὰ μίμησιν τοῦ ἤχου τοῦ γινομένου κατὰ τὴν πνοὴν αὐτοῦ. ἄλλοι δὲ παρὰ τὸ βάρος Βορέας. ἢ (philox. fr. 67) παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ τρέφω, ὁ τρέφων καὶ αὐξάνων τοὺς καρπούς. ἢ παρὰ τὸ βορά, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν τροφήν, γίνεται Βορέας· βορᾶς γὰρ ἡμῖν αἴτιος συναύξων τοὺς καρπούς

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βία + ῥέω

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No

Last modification

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

βορρᾶς

Transliteration (Word)

boreas

Etymon-lemma

LSJ-1 .
LSJ-2

Transliteration (Etymon)

bia + rheō

Author

Orion

Century

5 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Etymologicum (excerpta e cod. ρεγιο 2610) 58

Ed.

G.H.K. Koës, Orionis Thebani etymologicon (ed. F.G. Sturz), Leipzig: Weigel, 1820

Quotation

Βορρᾶς: ἴσως διὰ τὸ βίᾳ ῥεῖν καὶ ῥάσσεσθαι.

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βορά

Validation

No

Last modification

Thu, 08/13/2026 - 10:45

Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

βορρᾶς

Transliteration (Word)

boreas

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

bora

Author

Porphyry

Century

3 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

De antro nympharum 28

Ed.

Seminar Classics 609, Porphyry. The cave of the nymphs in the Odyssey [Arethusa Monographs 1. Buffalo: Department of Classics, State University of New York, 1969]

Quotation

ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτό γε τοὔνομα ἀπὸ τῆς βορᾶς· βορὰ δὲ ὄνομα τροφῆς, καὶ ὁ ἐκ γῆς οὖν πνέων τροφοῦ, ἅτε τρόφιμος ὤν, βορρᾶς κέκληται.

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