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Βούχετα · Boucheta, Bucheta (β 478) · 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 β478

β474Bouphonia, Ox-slaying
β475Bouphonia; Ox-slaying
β476of deep-laden (ones), of heavy-laden (ones)
β477ox-holding
β478Boucheta, Bucheta
β479of fodder-rich
β480Bolis
β481Bôlos, Bolus
β482Bôlos, Bolus

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Βούχετα

Boucheta, Bucheta

Translated by David Whitehead12 Oct 2000Vetting: high12 revisions

aetiology
chronology
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
geography
historiography
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3 notes · 35 words

Translation

It is a city of Epeiros; the word is neuter and plural.¹ Philochoros² says that it got its name because Themis went there, mounted on an ox [e)pi\ boo\s o)xoume/nhn], during the flood of Deukalion.³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βούχετα· πόλις ἐστὶ τῆς Ἠπείρου, οὐδετέρως καὶ πληθυντικῶς λεγομένη· ἥν φησι Φιλόχορος ὠνομάσθαι διὰ τὸ τὴν Θέμιν ἐπὶ βοὸς ὀχουμένην ἐλθεῖν ἐκεῖ κατὰ τὸν Δευκαλίωνος κατακλυσμόν.

Betacode

*bou/xeta: po/lis e)sti\ th=s *)hpei/rou, ou)dete/rws kai\ plhquntikw=s legome/nh: h(/n fhsi *filo/xoros w)noma/sqai dia\ to\ th\n *qe/min e)pi\ boo\s o)xoume/nhn e)lqei=n e)kei= kata\ to\n *deukali/wnos kataklusmo/n.

Notes (3)

From Harpokration s.v. (again, post-Suda, at Etymologicum Magnum 210.34), commenting on this toponym's appearance in Demosthenes 7.32 (web address 1); cf. theta 114.
1Another attested version of the name (which would be neuter singular) is Bouchetion. ↩
2So the transmitted Suda text, but Harpokration s.v. says "Philostephanos in his Matters Epeirote" (fr. 9a FHG). ↩
3delta 283.
The Barrington Atlas gives four possible forms; Bouchetion?, Bouchaition, Boucheta, Boucheton. (The Latin versions of these would be Buchetium, Buchaetium, Bucheta, Buchetum.)

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

δ283ΔευκαλίωνDeucalion, DeukalionA proper name.
χ622ΧύτροιPotsA festival at Athens; on a single day both the Pitchers and the Pots used to be held; in it they would boil every [kind of] seed in a pot and sacrifice it to Dionysus and to Hermes. Theopompus says that those who had…

Neighbouring entries

β476Βουφόρτωνof deep-laden (ones), of heavy-laden (ones)β477Βουχανδήςox-holding β478ΒούχεταBoucheta, Bucheta β479Βουχίλουof fodder-rich β480ΒῶλιςBolis

Revision history12 revisions · last 23 Sep 2015

23 Sep 2015 — David Whitehead
4 Jul 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
3 Jun 2012 — David Whitehead
1 Jul 2011tweaks — David Whitehead
13 Jun 2011more keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Jul 2003added note — Nicholas Fincher
8 Jul 2003added x-ref — David Whitehead
8 Jul 2003cosmetics, added link and keyword, augmented note, set status — William Hutton
2 Sep 2002added note — David Whitehead
2 Sep 2002added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
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12 Oct 2000Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Βούχετα (Adler number beta 478), trans. David Whitehead, 12 Oct 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/beta/478

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, Nicholas Fincher, William Hutton, , licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗