βάρος

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No

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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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βαίνω + ῥᾴδιος

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No

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

βορρᾶς

Transliteration (Word)

boreas

Etymon-lemma

LSJ-1 .
LSJ-2

Transliteration (Etymon)

bainō + rhaidios

Author

Chooeroboscus

Century

9 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 167

Ed.

T. Gaisford, Georgii Choerobosci epimerismi in Psalmos, vol. 3, Oxford, 1842

Quotation

βορρᾶς παρὰ τὸ βορρότατα καὶ ὑγιεινότατα τὰ σώματα ἡμῶν ποιεῖν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ βαίνειν αὐτὸν ῥᾷον πρὸς ἡμᾶς, πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τοῦ βλαπτικοῦ νότου.

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εὔπορος

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No

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Word-lemma

LSJ

Word-form

βορρᾶς

Transliteration (Word)

boreas

Etymon-lemma

LSJ

Transliteration (Etymon)

euporos

Author

Choweoboscus

Century

9 AD

Source

idem

Ref.

Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 146

Ed.

T. Gaisford, Georgii Choerobosci epimerismi in Psalmos, vol. 3, Oxford, 1842

Quotation

βορρᾶς παρὰ τὸ εὐβορώτατα καὶ ἰσχυρότατα ποιεῖν ἡμῶν τὰ σώματα.

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βία + ῥέω

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No

Last modification

Thu, 08/13/2026 - 11:30

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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