Βούπεινα
ox-hunger
Translated by Jennifer Benedict4 Jun 2002Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] great hunger.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βούπεινα· ἡ μεγάλη πείνα.
Betacode
*bou/peina: h( mega/lh pei/na.
Notes
- From beta 439, q.v.
Linked from4 entries
- β422Βουκόρυζανox-drivelling, ox-stupidity[Meaning] great stupidity. Also [sc. attested is] koruza=n ["to have a runny nose; to drivel"], [sc. used of] him who is exceedingly drivelling. Menander [sc. uses these words].
- β439Βουλιμιᾷis starving[Meaning he/she/it] is famished, is excessively hungry. From the adverb bou ["ox-wise"], which is indicative of intensity; as also in boupeina ["ox hunger"], [meaning] great hunger; and bougaïos ["big bully"] and…
- β453Βούπαιςbig boy, ox-boy, ox-child[Meaning] a youth, adolescent, [or] cowherd. Also [sc. a term applicable to] bees, because they are born of oxen. "May the tomb always be surrounded by ox-children bees and dripping with Hymettian honey." "For horses…
- β476Βουφόρτωνof deep-laden (ones), of heavy-laden (ones)[Meaning] of much-laden [ones]. "The commanders of the deep-laden twenty-oared [ships] dedicated [this] great rib to the spirits."
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Revision history3 revisions · last 23 Sep 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- added note and keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict