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βόλινθος

bolinthos

aurochs, the European bison

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What it meant

1. βόλινθος · bolinthos — Beekes

βόλινθος [m.] ‘aurochs, the European bison’, = βόνασος (Arist.). eETYM The conclusion, on the basis of βόνασος, that the word derives from Ἰβόνινθος is most uncertain. The influence of βοῦς is also a mere guess. No etymology. Probably Pre-Greek; cf. Krahe Die Antike 15 (1939): 180 and Krause 1958: 621. — [Beekes, s.v. βόλινθος, p. 272]

2. βόλινθος · bolinthos — Chantraine

βόλινθος : m. nom d'animal, serait un équivalent: de βόνασος lArist., Mir. 830 a), donc p.-é. le bison d'Europe. Voir W. Krause, Festschrift Krahe, 62-63. Et.: À cause de βόνασος on a supposé une dissimilation de Ἐβόνινθος. S'appuie par étymologie populaire sur βοῦς. On pense que je mot serait emprunté par le grec (Krahe, Die Antike 15, 1939, 180; Krause, ἰ. c.). — [Chantraine, s.v. βόλινθος, p. 198]

3. βόλινθος · bolinthos — LSJ

perh. = βόνασος, Arist. Mir. 830a7.

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