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βοτάνη

botane

fodder

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. βοτάνη · botanē — Beekes

βοτάνη ‘fodder’ (Chantraine 1933: 199), βοτέω ‘tend’ (Nic., Η.); βοτήρ ‘shepherd’ (o 215; fem. βότειρα (Eust.); βώτωρ (Il), cf. Benveniste 1948: 29 on the difference between -twp and -τήρ. *ETYM Old IE verb, Its nearest relation is Lith. guiotas ‘herd’ (*g”eh,-to-); cf. Botév (*g"h;-to-). » βοῦς is probably derived from this root. — [Beekes, s.v. βοτάνη, p. 275]

2. βοτάνη · botanē — Beekes

βοτάνη “᾿βόσκω. βότις ἃ fish (Sophr.). «Ὁ “VAR βότις: βόλτιον H., considered corrupt by Latte; on sufficient grounds? *ETYM Perhaps identical with » Batic. — [Beekes, s.v. βοτάνη, p. 275]

3. βοτάνη · botanē — Frisk

βοτάνη f. “Weide, Futterkraut, Gras’ (seit Il... — Deminutiva Borarıov (Thphr., Dsk.), βοτανίδιον (Sch.); adjektivische Ableitungen βοτανικός (Plu., Gal. u. a.), βοτανώδης (Ath. u. a.); poet. Adverb βοτάνηϑεν (Opp.); denominatives Verb βοτανίζω βότρυς — βουβάλιον 255 ‘das Unkraut ausjäten’ (Thphr., Pap. u. a.) mit βοτανισμός ‘das Jäten’ (Pap.). Steht neben forov wie πλεκτάνη neben πλεκτός, δόκανον neben δοκός, … — [Frisk, s.v. βοτάνη, p. 286]

4. βοτάνη · botanē — Frisk

βοτάνη. Über βοτανικός handelt Robert Hellenica 1, 137ff. Boa. Zu Bovöa (< *Bov-oda?) vgl.noch μηλο-σόη, auch Bov-odc. — [Frisk, s.v. βοτάνη, p. 2180]

5. βοτάνη · botanē — LSJ

pasture, pasture

pasture, Il. 13.493, Pl. Prt. 321b, etc.; ἐκ βοτάνης ἀνιόντα Theoc. 25.87; ἐν β. Id. 28.12; ἔγρονται ἐς βοτάναν E. Fr. 773.29; β. ἁ λέοντος the lionʼs pasture, i.e. Nemea, Pi. N. 6.42: metaph., ὥσπερ ἐν κακῇ β. τρεφόμενοι Pl. R. 401c.

2 fodder

fodder, Od. 10.411.

3 herb

herb, Thphr. HP 4.4.13, Dsc. 1 Praef. 1 (pl.), etc.

4 plants

in pl., plants, as material for making clothes, opp. δοραί, Diog. Oen. 10.

5 weeds

weeds, Thphr. HP 2.7.5, POxy. 729.22 (ii A. D.): in pl., Gp. 2.46.2.

6

ἱερὰ β., = περιστερεών, Dsc. 4.60.

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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. βοτάνη (scan p. 275; entry #1221).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βοτάνη (scan pp. 286-287; entry #1129).

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