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τῐθαιβώσσω

tithaibosso

to collect honey

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What it meant

1. τιθαιβώσσω · tithaibōssō — Beekes

τιθαιβώσσω [v.] epic word of agriculture, originally popular: of bees (v 106 ‘to collect honey’?), of hens (Nic. Th. 199 ‘to brood, feed, tend’?), watering the field (Lyc. 622 ‘to make fertile, nourish’?), of a quiver (Antim. in PMilan. 17, 37 ‘to stuff, store up’?). «ἢ» % *ETYM Formation in -woow, perhaps reduplicated. Fur.: 209 compares Lyc. tideimi- ‘son, child’, CLuw. titaimma/i- ‘id’, and assumes a Pre-Greek … — [Beekes, s.v. τιθαιβώσσω, p. 1533]

2. τιθαιβώσσω · tithaibōssō — Chantraine

τιθαιβώσσω : «emmagasiner du miel» dit d’abeilles (Od. 13, 106), dit de poules qui nourrissent leurs poussins {Nic. Th. 199), dit pour un carquois que l’on bourre {Antim.}, de l’eau qui « nourrit » un champ (Lyc. 622). Et.: Terme du vocabulaire des paysans conservé chez Hom. et dans la poésie alexandrine. Expressif et obscur. Présent dérivé en -ὥσσω, p.-é. avec redoublement. — [Chantraine, s.v. τιθαιβώσσω, p. 1135]

3. τῐθαιβώσσω · tithaibōssō — LSJ

store up honey

store up honey, Od. 13.106.

2 store up, put away

generally, store up, put away, ἔνδοθι γωρυτοῖο τιθαιβώσσουσα κάλυψε Antim. in PMilan. 17.37 (glossed τιθεῖσα καὶ ἀποθησαυρίζουσα ibid.).

II supply with food, foster, cherish

supply with food, foster, cherish, τέκνα τ. Nic. Th. 199: metaph., γύας τ. ἀρδηθμῷ Lyc. 622.

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τῐθαιβώσσω (scan p. 1533; entry #6067).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. τῐθαιβώσσω (scan p. 1135; entry #8003).

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