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buteo

buteo

hawk or buzzard

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Where it lives

What it meant

1. buteO — de Vaan

buteO 'hawk or buzzard' [m. n] (Plin.+) Probably onomatopoeic, rendering the call of a hawk or buzzard. Therefore not to be regarded as genetically related to bubo 'owl*. BibL: WH I: 124, EM 79, IEW 97f. c + — [de Vaan, s.v. buteO, p. 91]

2. būtĕo — Lewis & Short

būtĕo, ōnis, m.,

I a kind of falcon or hawk, Plin. 10, 8, 9, § 21; 11, 49, 110, § 263; Arn. 7, p. 280; Paul. ex Fest. p. 32 Müll.; giving auguries by its flight, v. ales, II. E.

3. büteó — Walde–Hofmann

büteó, -ónis m. „eine in der Auguraldisziplin bedeutsame Falkenart, vl. Bussard* (seit Paul. Fest. 39 bzw. Plin., rom.; davon Cogn. Büteo, s. Plin. 10, 21), butiö, -ónis m. ,Rohrdommel* (Anth. 762, 42, rom.), bütire „vom Naturlaut der Rohrdommel* (ibid., s. Schwentner 51): Schallst. *bü wie auch in bübó (s.d.) — Abzulehnen Zupitza Gutt. 81 (:ags. eyta , Rohrdommel, Gabelweihe* (engl. kite], mhd. buttis — caballus. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. büteó, p. 156]

In the wild

6 of 22 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. buteO (scan p. 91; entry #163).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. büteó (scan pp. 156-157; entry #471).

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