Βούτας

herder

Translated by Jennifer Benedict11 Jun 2002Vetting: high9 revisions

1 note · 26 words

[Meaning] herdsman.¹
"Then he [sc. the bull] charged from one side of the herder; but he was knocking off the bull's curving horn with his cudgel."²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βούτας· βοονόμος. αὐτὰρ ὁ βούτεω ἀντίος ἐκ πλαγίων ἵεθ'· ὁ δὲ ῥοπάλῳ γυρὸν ἀπεκράνιζε βοὸς κέρας.

Betacode

*bou/tas: boono/mos. au)ta\r o( bou/tew a)nti/os e)k plagi/wn i(/eq': o( de\ r(opa/lw| guro\n a)pekra/nize boo\s ke/ras.