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βούβᾰλις

boubalis

(African) antilope

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1. βούβαλις · boubalis — Beekes

βούβαλις, -ἰ(δὴ)ος [f.] ‘(African) antilope’ (Hdt.); see Schrader-Nehring 1917(1): 52; Schrader-Nehring 1917(2): 263. *VAR Also βούβαλος [m.] (Arist.). *ETYM The word seems to contain » βοῦς, but this is rather a secondary association, as the formation is unclear. It was borrowed as Lat. biébalus, whence later bufalus, OF r. bufle, E buffalo. — [Beekes, s.v. βούβαλις, p. 276]

2. βούβαλις · boubalis — Chantraine

βούβαλις, -106 ou -180c : 7. «antilope d’Afriquer, Boubalis Mauretanica (Æsch., Hdt., Arist.) et βούδαλος m. même sens (Arist., PIb., etc.}; plus tard « buffle » (Agath. vies. après) voir Schrader-Nehring, Reallez. 1,52 ; 2,263. Dérivé βουδάλειος (Hät.). — [Chantraine, s.v. βούβαλις, p. 202]

3. βούβαλις · boubalis — Frisk

βούβαλις, -ı{ö)os f., βούβαλος mm. (afrikanische) Antilope’ (Hdt., A., Arist. usw.), später auch “Büffel’ (Agath.), vgl. Persson Beiträge 1,38; Schrader-Nehring Reallex. 1, 52; 2, 263. Davon βουβάλειος (Hdt.). Lat. LW bübalus. — Wahrscheinlich zu βοῦς, aber in der Bildung dunkel, Die lautliche Identität mit lat. bübulus "zum Rinde gehörig’ dürfte zufällig sein; an genetischen Zusammenhang mit aind. gavala- “wilder … — [Frisk, s.v. βούβαλις, p. 288]

4. βούβᾰλις · boubalis — LSJ

antelope, Bubalis mauretanica

an African antelope, Bubalis mauretanica, Hdt. 4.192, A. Fr. 330: gen. βουβαλίδος Arist. HA 515b34: gen. pl. -ίδων D.C. 48.23: also an Indian species, Ael. NA 13.25. (On the accent v. Hdn. Gr. 1.90: -ίς, Hsch.)

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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. βούβᾰλις (scan p. 276; entry #1231).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βούβᾰλις (scan p. 202; entry #1373).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βούβᾰλις (scan p. 288; entry #1133).

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