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βορά

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *gʷorā́, itself from Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂,[1] whence also Latin vorō.[2]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    βορᾱ́ • (borā́) f (genitive βορᾶς); first declension

    1. food, meat, properly of carnivorous beasts

    Declension

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    References

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    1. ^ van Beek, Lucien (2022), The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 22)‎[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
    2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βιβρώσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page DER: βορά 'food (of a predator)' (possibly cognate to the *gʷoreh₂- that seems to be set forth by Lat. vorāre) of 213-214