βουκόλος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Hellenic *gʷoukólos, whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀄𐀒𐀫 (qo-u-ko-ro /⁠gʷowkolos⁠/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos, from *gʷṓws (cow) + *kʷól-os (herder), from *kʷel- (to turn, to cultivate). This Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos shows the phonological labial dissimilation known as the eponymous boukólos rule. Compare Proto-Celtic *boukolyos.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βουκόλος (boukólosm (genitive βουκόλου); second declension

  1. A person who tends cattle: cowherd
  2. A follower of Dionysus

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