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βότρυς

botrus

bunch of grapes

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Where it lives

Canticum 3 · 15.42/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Bacchae 3 · 3.99/10k
Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Numeri 5 · 2.17/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Ecclesiazusae 1 · 1.31/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Economics 2 · 1.12/10k
Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. βότρυς · botrys — Beekes

βότρυς, -υος [m.] ‘bunch of grapes’ (II.). *VAR Alsoacc. βότρυα (Euph.), LSJ Supp. *DER Botpunpdc ‘of the genus grapes’ (Thphr., cf. οἰνηρός Chantraine 1933: 233). βοτρυΐτης, -ἴτις (λίθος) kind of pearl, ‘Calamine’ (Dsc.). Adverb βοτρυδόν (1... Isolated βοτρυμός: τρυγητός ‘vintage’ (H.), as if from *Botpbw; see Schwyzer: 492. After βόστρυχος arose βότρυχος ‘lock of hair’ (Pherecr; probably E. Or. 1267) and … — [Beekes, s.v. βότρυς, p. 275]

2. βότρυς · botrys — Chantraine

βότρυς, -vos : m., pl. hétér. βότρυα Euph. 149 (Hom., ion.-att., etc.) « grappe, grappe de raisin»; désigne aussi diverses plantes ; des boucles d'oreilles ; enfin des boucles de cheveux (AP), cf. βότρυχος. | Quelques composés : Porpunpépos, βοτρυόδωρος (Ar.), βοτρυόπαις, -σταγής, -στέφανος. Divers dérivés généralement tardifs : βότρυον « grappe de baies » (Thphr.) — θλάσπι, la plante «bourse à pasteur»; diminutif … — [Chantraine, s.v. βότρυς, p. 201]

3. βότρυς · botrys — Frisk

βότρυς, -vos m., pl. auch βότρυα (Euph.), “reife Traube, Weintraube’, auch übertragen von traubenähnlichen Gegenständen (seit Il.). — Mehrere Ableitungen, vorwiegend spät: βότρυον “Beertraube’, auch als Pflanzenname = ϑλάσπι (Thphr., Ps.-Dsk.); Deminutivum βοτρύδιον (Alex. u.a.). Adjektiva: βοτρυόεις "traubenreich’ (Ion. Eleg., A.R. usw.; poetische Bildung, s. Schwyzer 526f., Chantraine Formation 270ff.), βοτρυώδης … — [Frisk, s.v. βότρυς, p. 287]

4. βότρυς · botrys — LSJ

bunch of grapes, grapes

bunch of grapes, μέλανες δʼ ἀνὰ βότρυες ἦσαν Il. 18.562, etc.: pl., grapes, Hp. Vict. 2.55: prov., βότρυς πρὸς βότρυν πεπαίνεται Jul. Or. 7.225b.

= sq. 1, βότρυς κόμης AP 5.286 (Agath.), cf. Nonn. D. 1.528, etc.

3 clustered ear-ring

clustered ear-ring, Ar. Fr. 320.10.

= ἀμβροσία and ἀρτεμισία, Dsc. 3.114.

2 oak of Jerusalem, Chenopodium Botrys

oak of Jerusalem, Chenopodium Botrys, ib. 115.

III the Pleiades

the Pleiades, Sch. Il. 18.486.

In the wild

βότρυς · botrys Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae (DIORISIS sentence 675)
βότρυος · botryos Aristophanes, Frogs 1313–1321
βότρυς · botrys Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 777)
βότρυς · botrys Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 512)
βότρυς · botrys Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 339)
βότρυς · botrys Demosthenes, On the Crown 261 (DIORISIS sentence 766)

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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. βότρυς (scan p. 275; entry #1225).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βότρυς (scan p. 201; entry #1365).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βότρυς (scan p. 287; entry #1130).

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