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βωστρέω

bostreo

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Where it lives

Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

1. βωστρέω · bōstreō — Beekes

βωστρέω [v.] ‘to call (to aidY (Od.). eVAR Only present. *ETYM The word is connected to » Bodw just as ἐλαστρέω (IL) to ἐλαύνω, ἐλά-σαι and καλιστρέω (Call.) to καλέω. It is an expressive formation, based on the nominal suffixes tep-, tpo- (cf. Risch 1937: 310), but details remain unclear. — [Beekes, s.v. βωστρέω, p. 298]

2. βωστρέω · bōstreō — Chantraine

βωστρέω, voir βοή. βωτάζειν, voir οὐτάω, ὠτειλή. — [Chantraine, s.v. βωστρέω, p. 218]

3. βωστρέω · bōstreō — Frisk

βωστρέω nur Präsensstamm ‘rufen, anrufen’ (peet. seit Od.). — Zu Bodo wie ἐλαστρέω (ep. ion. seit Il.) zu ἐλαύνω, EAd-caı, παλιστρέω (Kall.) zu καλέω. Expressive Erweiterung, ursprünglich auf einem neminalen ree-, Teo-Suffix aufgebaut (vgl. Risch 266), aber im einzelnen unklar. — Bechtel Lex. vergleicht die lit. Deverbativa auf -teriu, tereti. Bwräßeıv- βάλλειν H. 85. yardiaı und οὐτάω. Bwridveipa, βώτωρ usw. 5. … — [Frisk, s.v. βωστρέω, p. 312]

4. βωστρέω · bōstreō — LSJ

call on, call to aid, cry after

call on, esp. call to aid, βωστρεῖν δὲ Κραταιΐν Od. 12.124, cf. Ar. Pax 1146, al., Theoc. 5.64; cry after, ἁ Κύπρις τὸν Ἔρωτα . . ἐβώστρει Mosch. 1.1; β. τινὶ ποιεῖν τι Opp. C. 4.293: abs., τὰ δʼ ἐσίγα, τὰ δʼ ἐβώστρει, of birds, Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 7.8. (Formed from βοάω, cf. ἐλαστρέω, καλιστρέω.)

In the wild

βωστρεῖς · bōstreis Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 736)
βωστρεῖς · bōstreis Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 235)
βωστρεῖν · bōstrein Aristophanes, Lysistrata 2.682 (DIORISIS sentence 518)
βωστρησάτω · bōstrēsatō Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 811)
βωστρεῖν · bōstrein Odyssey 12.124

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βωστρέω (scan p. 298; entry #1350).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βωστρέω (scan p. 218; entry #1498).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βωστρέω (scan pp. 312-313; entry #1219).

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