βουβητις

βούβητις, -ιος

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `stream for watering cattle'(?) (Tab. Heracl. 2, 13, 14). It has the adj. ῥέουσα.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: As the word is Doric, not to ἔβην (ἔβᾱν). A form *-βα-ετις (Schwyzer 270) has no basis. Connection with Lith. gė́tis `Viehtrift' (Fick 1, 407, Bechtel Dial. 2, 418) seems impossible (a labio-velar would give δ-). Foreign origin (Kretschmer KZ 30, 579, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 116 A. 1) is always possible, but βου- suggests a Greek word..

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