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βόρβορος

borboros

mire, filth

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1. βόρβορος · borboros — Beekes

βόρβορος [π|.] ‘mire, filth’ (Asios). «ἢ» βόσκω 227 eDER Βορβορῖται name of an association in Thera (inscr.) and of a Manichaeangnostic sect (Epiph.). Denominatives: βορβορόω, BopBopitw (Dsc.; = μολύνει H.). See also > βοβορύζω. *ETYM Expressive reduplicated formation, probably onomatopoeic (cf. the gloss βορβορίζει s.v. » BopBopv{w). A connection with Arm. kork ‘dirt’, which would require a reconstruction … — [Beekes, s.v. βόρβορος, p. 273]

2. βόρβορος · borboros — Frisk

βόρβορος m. "Schlamm, Kot’ (ion. att... — Ableitungen: Βορβορῖται N. eines Vereins in Thera (Inschr.) und einer manichäisch-gnostischen Sekte (Epiph. u.a.), vgl. Redard Les noıns grecs en -τῆς 189, 217, 259 m. Lit. — βορβορώδης “voll Schlamm, schmutzig’ (ion. att.). — Denominative Verba: βορβορόω "mit Schlamm füllen’ (Arist.), βορβορίξω "schlamınartig sein’ (Dsk.); = μολύνει H. — Vgl. auch zum Vorherg. Expressive … — [Frisk, s.v. βόρβορος, p. 284]

3. βόρβορος · borboros — Frisk

βόρβορος. Anklingende europ. Flußnamen bei Krahe Beitr. z. Namenforsch. 6 (1955) 106f. — [Frisk, s.v. βόρβορος, p. 2180]

4. βόρβορος · borboros — LSJ

mire, filth, clay, moist earth, sewer, foul abuse

mire, filth, Asius 1, Heraclit. 13, A. Eu. 694, Ar. V. 259, Pl. Phd. 69c, LXX Je. 45.6, 2 Ep.Pet. 2.22. etc.: distd. fr. πηλός clay, moist earth, Luc. Prom.Es 1; sewer, Hsch.: metaph., foul abuse, τοσοῦτον β. κατήντλησάς μου Luc. Lex. 17.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βόρβορος (scan pp. 273-274; entry #1216).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βόρβορος (scan p. 284; entry #1124).

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