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βωμός

bomos

step, stand (for chariots), base (of a statue)

Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.

Distribution

Densest 12 of 81 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. βωμός · bōmos — Beekes

step, stand (for chariots), base (of a statue)

2. βωμός · bōmos — Chantraine

m

3. βωμός · bōmos — Frisk

Altar

4. βωμός · bōmos — LSJ

raised platform, stand

Attestations

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 298; entry #1347 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan pp. 217-218; entry #1493 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 311; entry #1215 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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