εὔπορος
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βορρᾶς παρὰ τὸ εὐβορώτατα καὶ ἰσχυρότατα ποιεῖν ἡμῶν τὰ σώματα.
Translation (En)
borrâs "North wind": from the fact it makes our bodies very powerful (euborōtata) and very strong (iskhurotata)
Parallels
ibid., p. 167 (βορρᾶς παρὰ τὸ βορρότατα καὶ ὑγιεινότατα τὰ σώματα ἡμῶν ποιεῖν, ἢ παρὰ τὸ βαίνειν αὐτὸν ῥᾷον πρὸς ἡμᾶς, πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τοῦ βλαπτικοῦ νότου); Etym. Gudianum, beta, p. 279 (Βορρᾶς· ὁ ἄνεμος· ἴσως διὰ τὸ βίᾳ [αἴρειν ἤγουν] ῥεῖν ἢ ῥάσσεσθαι. ‖ ἢ παρὰ τὸ εὐβορώτατα τὰ σώματα ἡμῶν ποιεῖν καὶ ἰσχυρότατα); ibid., beta, p. 279 (Βορέας· ὁ ἄνεμος· παρὰ τὸν ἦχον τὸν γινόμενον κατὰ τὴν πνοὴν τὸ ὄνομα γέγονε. ‖ τάχα δὲ διὰ τὸ βορώτατα τὰ σώματα ἡμῶν κατασκευάζειν διὰ τὴν πύκνωσιν τοῦ σώματος)´Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 205 (Βορᾶς: Παρὰ τὸ βορώτατα τὰ σώματα ἡμῶν ποιεῖν καὶ ὑγιεινότατα. Ὁ μὲν Ὠρίων ὠνοματοπεποιῆσθαι τὴν λέξιν φησὶ κατὰ μίμησιν τοῦ γινομένου ἤχου κατὰ τὴν πνοὴν αὐτοῦ· ἄλλοι δὲ, παρὰ τὸ βάρος, βορέας· ἢ παρὰ τὸ βῶ, τὸ τρέφω, ὁ τρέφων καὶ αὐξάνων τοὺς καρπούς· ἢ παρὰ τὸ βορά· βορᾶς γὰρ ἡμῖν αἴτιος ἐστὶ, τροφῆς, αὔξων τοὺς καρπούς. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ βαίνειν αὐτὸν ῥᾷον πρὸς ἡμᾶς)
Comment
Derivational etymology. It seems that the etymon is εὔπορος "well provided with", from which the verb εὐπορέω "to have abundant resources". Εὐπορέω merged with ἐμπορέω and results in the Modern Greek verb μπορῶ, [boro] "I can". Choeroboscus' etymology seems to use εὐβορώτατα as "very powerful". Rather than a mistake for εὐπορώτατα, the spelling must be the transcription of the plosive /b/ of Modern Greek: compare the Gudianum, where the form is βορώτατα "very powerful", without εὐ-. Semantically, the etymology is similar to the ones deriving βορέας from "food" or the like: the North wind nourishes men and makes them strong