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βοθρ-εύω

bothreuo

dig a trench

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What it meant

βοθρ-εύω · bothr-euō — LSJ

dig a trench, pit

dig a trench or pit, Gp. 9.6.2:—also βοθρ-έω, Nonn. D. 47.69, and βοθρ-ίζω, Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.22.16.

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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