βόσκω
Validation
No
Word-lemma
Word-form
βοτήρ
Transliteration (Word)
botēr
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
boskō
Century
1 BC
Reference
fr. *69
Edition
C. Theodoridis, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Philoxenos [Sammlung griechischer und lateinischer Grammatiker (SGLG) 2. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1976
Source
Etymologicum Genuinum
Ref.
beta 190
Ed.
F. Lasserre and N. Livadaras, Etymologicum magnum genuinum. Symeonis etymologicum una cum magna grammatica. Etymologicum magnum auctum, vol. 1, Rome: Ateneo, 1976
Quotation
Bοτήρ· ... εἴρηται παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ τρέφω, ὁ μέλλων βόσω, βοτήρ· καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ βοτὴρ βότειρα, ὡς σωτὴρ σώτειρα καὶ Δημήτηρ Δημήτειρα, καὶ βότης, ὅπερ καὶ βούτης λέγεται κατὰ πλεονασμὸν τοῦ υ, τὸ αὐτὸ δηλοῦν· ἐξ οὗ καὶ βόσις, ἡ τροφή, καὶ συβώσιον κατ’ ἔκτασιν τοῦ ο εἰς ω.