βαρδῆν
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from a Paleo-Balkan language, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bring”), possibly akin to Latin forda (“pregnant (cow)”) and Albanian mbars (“to impregnate”).[1]
Verb
[edit]βαρδῆν • (bardên) (Ambracian)
- to coerce, rape women
- Synonym: βιάζομαι (biázomai)
- 5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Β:
- βαρδῆν· τὸ βιάζεσθαι γυναῖκας. Ἀμπρακιῶται
- bardên; tò biázesthai gunaîkas. Amprakiôtai
- bardên: to coerce women. [among] Ambracians
Related terms
[edit]- βαρδίσαγνος (bardísagnos)
References
[edit]- ^ Krahe, Hans (1955) Die Sprache der Illyrier (in German), volume I: Die Quellen, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 46
Further reading
[edit]- “βαρδῆν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βαρδῆν”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 201