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Βοπόρους · ox-piercing [spits] (β 389) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near β389

β385ox-eyed, cow-eyed
β386Bootes, Plowman
β387ox-buyer
β388arable lands
β389ox-piercing [spits]
β390of food, of prey
β391filth-holed
β392o muck-raker
β393belching

Suda/Β beta/β389

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Βοπόρους

ox-piercing [spits]

Translated by Kevin Arrowood15 May 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

daily life
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
food
historiography
military affairs
+2
- science and technology
- trade and manufacture

6 words

Translation

In Herodotus [these are] large spits.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βοπόρους· παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ ὀβελοὺς μεγάλους.

Betacode

*bopo/rous: para\ *(hrodo/tw| o)belou\s mega/lous.

Notes

From a gloss on Herodotus 2.135.4, where the headword adjective, accusative plural, occurs (in the form boupo/rous) in a description of spits long enough to pierce an entire ox.
cf. Xenophon, Anabasis 7.8.14, of a spit large and sharp enough to pierce a man's thigh.

Neighbouring entries

β387Βοώτηςox-buyer β388Βοωτίαιςarable lands β389Βοπόρουςox-piercing [spits]β390Βορᾶςof food, of prey β391Βορβόροπινfilth-holed

Revision history5 revisions · last 21 Sep 2015

21 Sep 2015 — David Whitehead
31 May 2012more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 May 2002modified headword, translation, note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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15 May 2002Translated — Kevin Arrowood

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βοπόρους (Adler number beta 389), trans. Kevin Arrowood, 15 May 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/389

Translation by Kevin Arrowood for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗