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βόσκω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃- (to feed, tend) with inchoative suffix -σκω (-skō). Cognates include βοῦς (boûs, cow) and Lithuanian gúotas (herd).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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βόσκω (bóskō)

  1. (of herdsmen) feed, tend
    1. (generally) feed, nourish, support, maintain, keep
      • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Illiad 15.545-549:
        συλήσειν· Ἕκτωρ δὲ κασιγνήτοισι κέλευσε πᾶσι μάλα, πρῶτον δʼ Ἱκεταονίδην ἐνένιπεν ἴφθιμον Μελάνιππον. ὃ δʼ ὄφρα μὲν εἰλίποδας βοῦς βόσκʼ ἐν Περκώτῃ δηΐων ἀπὸ νόσφιν ἐόντων· αὐτὰρ ἐπεὶ Δαναῶν νέες ἤλυθον ἀμφιέλισσαι,
        sulḗsein; Héktōr dè kasignḗtoisi kéleuse pâsi mála, prôton d Hiketaonídēn enénipen íphthimon Melánippon. hò d óphra mèn eilípodas boûs bósk en Perkṓtēi dēḯōn apò nósphin eóntōn; autàr epeì Danaôn nées ḗluthon amphiélissai,
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      • Apollonius, Argonautica 2.820-822:
        κάπριος ἀργιόδων, ὀλοὸν τέρας, ὅν ῥα καὶ αὐταὶ νύμφαι ἑλειονόμοι ὑπεδείδισαν· οὐδέ τις ἀνδρῶν ἠείδει· οἶος δὲ κατὰ πλατὺ βόσκετο τῖφος.
        káprios argiódōn, oloòn téras, hón rha kaì autaì númphai heleionómoi hupedeídisan; oudé tis andrôn ēeídei; oîos dè katà platù bósketo tîphos.
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  2. (passive voice, of cattle) feed, graze
    1. (figuratively) to be fed or nurtured

Usage notes

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Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: βόσκω (vósko)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βόσκω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 227-8

Further reading

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ancient Greek βόσκω (bóskō, to feed, to graze).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvo.sko/
  • Hyphenation: βό‧σκω

Verb

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βόσκω (vósko) (past βόσκησα, passive βόσκομαι, p‑past βοσκήθηκα, ppp βοσκημένος)

  1. (transitive) to graze

Conjugation

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