1. βουρδών · bourdōn — Beekes
βουρδών [m.] ‘mule’ (Edict. Dioclet.). «Lw Lat» eETYM A loanword from Lat. burd6. — [Beekes, s.v. βουρδών, p. 279]
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βουρδών
bourdon
mule
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What it meant
2. βουρδών · bourdōn — Chantraine
βουρδών, -ὥνος : m. (inser. tardive, Édit de Dioclétien, pap.} «bardot», produit d’un cheval et d'une ânesse ; d'où βουρδωνάριος «muletier» {Édit de Dioclélien), βουρδωνάριον « petit mulet » (pap.). Et.: Mots latins, cf. lat. bürdo, etc. En latin même le terme semble être un emprunt celtique. — [Chantraine, s.v. βουρδών, p. 204]
3. βουρδών · bourdōn — LSJ
mule, muleteer
= βορδών, mule, IG 5(1).1115 B i37, Edict.Diocl. 14.10, PLips. 87.1 (iv A. D.):—hence βουρδωνάριος, ὁ, muleteer, Edict.Diocl. 7.17, Sch. Ar. Th. 498: βουρδωνάριον, τό, Dim. of βουρδών, PRyl. 238.11 (iii A. D.).
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