The corpus record

βεῦδος

beudos

rich woman

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What it meant

1. βεῦδος · beudos — Beekes

βεῦδος [n.] ‘rich woman’s dress’ (Sapph.); = ἄγαλμα at Hermione (EM 195, 52). *ETYM See Pfeiffer 1949-1953 on Call. fr. 7, 1. βεῦδος is borrowed from Phrygian beudos, the statue of a goddess, which itself derives from PIE *b'eud*-os- (Lubotsky JIES 36 (2008): 96-98). The comparison with -γαύδης by Fur.: 116 is improbable. — [Beekes, s.v. βεῦδος, p. 259]

2. βεῦδος · beudos — Chantraine

βεῦδος : n. «riche vêtement féminin + (Sapho, Call.}; τε ἄγαλμα à Hermione selon EM 195,52; voir les textes ΕΔΗ. fr. 7,11 Pf. en commentaire. Terme emprunté, p.-ê. d'origine asiatique. — [Chantraine, s.v. βεῦδος, p. 188]

3. βεῦδος · beudos — LSJ

womanʼs dress

womanʼs dress, Sapph. 155, Call. Fr. 155, Nicaenet. (?) ap. Parth. 11.4 (pl.).

= ἄγαλμα, at Hermione, EM 195.52.

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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