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βοτᾰνώδης

botanodes

wet meadow

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What it meant

1. βοτανῶδες᾽ · botanōdes᾽ — Beekes

βοτανῶδες᾽, i.e. ‘wet meadow’ (H., EM); λιβάζω, -άζομαι [ν.] ‘to drip’ (AP, Poll.), with ἀπο- metaph. ‘to throw away, remove oneself’ (com.). 4. λίβος [n.] = λιβάς (A. Ch. 448 [lyr.], Gal.). On » λιβρός, see s.v. *ETYM The zero grade primary noun λίψ is unexpected beside the regelar full grade thematic λείβω, whence λεῖψαι. One compares veiget : viga, while evidence of the gloss λίβει: σπένδει, ἐκχύνει ‘libates, … — [Beekes, s.v. βοτανῶδες᾽, p. 890]

2. βοτᾰνώδης · botanōdēs — LSJ

herbaceous

herbaceous, Ath. 2.62d: Comp., Dsc. 4.173.

2 rich in herbs

rich in herbs, Gp. 2.46.2.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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