- βωλήτης
- βωλήτηςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `fungus, esp. champignon' (Ath.)Other forms: also βωλίτης (Gp., Gal.), also `root' of the lychnis.Derivatives: βωλήτιον `saucepan', βωλητάρια πινάκια (Pap.), βωλητῖνος ἄρτος (Ath.), after the form.Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably] Lat.Etymology: From Lat. bōlētus (Sen.), which was called after the Spanish town Boletum (Niedermann IFAnz. 29, 31f.); but s. W.-Hofmann s. v. Doubtful Machek Lingua posnaniensis 2, 48 : βωλήτης from the same source as Slav. bъdla `champignon'. (Not better Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. 1, 93.) - βωλίτης after the derivatives in -ίτης; its meaning `root' through influence of βῶλος. It was introduced in Latin (Plin.); Redard -της 70.Page in Frisk: 1,278-279
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.