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βαυκός

baukos

affected, prudish

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What it meant

1. βαυκός · baukos — Beekes

βαυκός [adj.] ‘affected, prudish’ (Arar. 9). 208 βαῦνος *COMP βαυκοπανοῦργος (Arist. EN 1127b 27). *DER βαυκίδες [pl] ‘women’s shoes’ (Com., Herod.), βαυκίζομαι, -i{w ‘to play the prude, θρύπτεσθαι (Alex. Com.); βαυκισμός ‘a dance’ (Poll.). PN Βαῦκος. On > βαυκαλάω, see s.v. *ETYM Cf. γλαυκός, σαυκός, and φολκός for the suffix. It is probably a Pre-Greek adjective (but the comparison in Fur.: 325 with ψαυκρός, … — [Beekes, s.v. βαυκός, p. 254]

2. βαυκός · baukos — Frisk

βαυκός ‘geziert, affektiert” (Arar. 9), als Vorderglied in avxoπανοῦργος (Arist. EN 1127b 27). — Davon (oder von βαυκίξομαι) βαυκίδες pl. ‘Art Frauenschuhe’ (Kom., Herod.; zur Bildung Schwyzer 464f., Chantraine Formation 337f.). Denominativum βαυκίζομαι, -ίξω “geziert sein, ϑούπτεσθϑαι᾽ (Alex. Kom., H., AB) mit βαυκίσματα pl. “Geziertheit, zeupegunara’ (AB, H.) und βαυκισμός “Art Tanz’ (Poll., H.). Außerdem der EN … — [Frisk, s.v. βαυκός, p. 258]

3. βαυκός · baukos — Frisk

βαυκός. Davon noch die PN Baöx-og, -ıs, Βαύκων bei Bechtel Hist. Personenn. 508. — [Frisk, s.v. βαυκός, p. 2176]

4. βαυκός · baukos — LSJ

prudish, affected

prudish, affected, Arar. 9.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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