- βωρεύς
- βωρεύςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `mullet' (Xenokr.),Other forms: βωρίδιον n., also βουρίδιον (Alex. Trall.).Derivatives: On the PN with Βωρ- (Βῶρος, Βώρακος, Βώριμος) s. Boßhardt (below).Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Egypt.Etymology: Boßhardt Nomina auf -ευς 61 derived the word from βῶροι ὀφθαλμοί H., like Strömberg Fischnamen 42f., but βῶροι is prob. from *Ϝῶροι (s. ὁράω). Connected with Copt. bori, Arab. būrī, s. Thompson Fishes s.v. and Hemmerdinger, Glotta 46 (1968) 247.Page in Frisk: 1,280
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.