- βόσκω
- βόσκωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `feed, tend ( Germ. weiden)', Med. `feed oneself' (Il.).Other forms: Fut. βοσκήσω (Od., but s. Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 446), ἅπ. λεγ. βώσεσθε (A. R. 1, 685; below); ἐβοσκήθην, βεβόσκηκα, ἐβόσκησα Hell. and late.Dialectal forms: Myc. suqotao \/sugʷōtāōn\/, qouqota \/gʷougʷotai\/\/Compounds: in comp. -βώτης and -βότης (συ-βώ-της, ἱππο-βό-της, Fraenkel 1, 35); αἰγὶβοτος `browsed by goats'; πουλυβότειρα. As first member in βωτι-άνειρα `feeding men' (Il.); s. Risch, Wortbildung 174.Derivatives: βοσκή `fodder, meadow' (A.); βόσκημα `cattle tended' (Trag.). - βοσκός `shepherd' (Aesop.) decomp., s.. Schwyzer 541; fem. βοσκάς `feeding itself' (Nic.). - βόσις `fodder' (Τ 268); βοτόν `cattle', esp. `sheep' (Il.), βοτάνη `fodder' (Chantr. Form. 199), βοτέω `tend' (Nic., H.); βοτήρ `shepherd' (o 215; fem. βότειρα (Eust.); βώτωρ (Il.), Benveniste Noms d'agent 29 on the difference between -τωρ and -τήρ).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [483] *gʷeh₃- `feed, tend'Etymology: Old IE verb. Nearest is Lith. gúotas `herd' (*gʷeh₃-to-) cf. βοτόν (*gʷh₃-to-). From this root prob. βοῦς (q.v.)Page in Frisk: 1,253-254
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.