Βόθυνος

bothunos

Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Apr 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

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A type of star.¹ Look in the [entry for] komh/ths ["comet"].²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βόθυνος· εἶδος ἀστέρος. ζήτει ἐν τῷ κομήτης.

Betacode

*bo/qunos: ei)=dos a)ste/ros. zh/tei e)n tw=| komh/ths.

[1] In this sense -- for another, see beta 364 -- the headword noun is used by Aristotle: see LSJ s.v., II. In modern terms it applies to some kind of space debris, e.g. a meteor or meteor shower.