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βύκτης

buktes

stormwind

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1. βύκτης · byktēs — Beekes

βύκτης [adj.] / [m.] only βυκτάων ἀνέμων (κ 20), also substantivized as ‘stormwind’ (Lyc.). *ETYM If the word means πνεόντων, φυσητῶν (ie, ‘blowing’, as the ancients suggested, it may be compared with βεβυκῶσθαι: πεπρῆσθαι «παρά» Θετταλοῖς ‘blow, kindle (Thess.)’ (H.), and further with » Buvéw. According to Fraenkel 1910: 19’, the word is connected with βύζω, βύξαι ‘to hoot (like an owl)’ (see » βύᾶςλ See the … — [Beekes, s.v. βύκτης, p. 295]

2. βύκτης · byktēs — Frisk

βύκτης m. Beiwort des Windes, nur in βυκτάων ἀνέμων x 20, von den Alten durch πνεόντων, φυσητῶν erklärt (danach Lyk. und Orph. A., auch ohne Hauptwort im Sinn von "Sturmwind’). — Falls mit den Alten = ‘blasend’, zu βεβυκῶσϑαι" πεπρῆσϑαι «παρὰ Θετταλοῖς H. (Hoffmann Dial. 2, 224, Bechtel Dial. 1, 204) und weiterhin zu βυνέω (s.d.). Nach Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1,19 A.1 dagegen zu βύξω, βύξαι “wie ein Uhu heulen’ (8. βύᾶς). … — [Frisk, s.v. βύκτης, p. 308]

3. βύκτης · byktēs — LSJ

swelling, blustering

swelling, blustering, βυκτάων ἀνέμων Od. 10.20.

II hurricane

Subst., hurricane, Lyc. 738,756.

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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. βύκτης (scan p. 295; entry #1327).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βύκτης (scan p. 215; entry #1472).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βύκτης (scan pp. 308-309; entry #1203). Root candidates: *bousto-, *püsan-, *büsor-.

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