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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *gʷoukólos, whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀄𐀒𐀫 (qo-u-ko-ro /gʷowkolos/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷól-os (“herder”), from *kʷel- (“to turn, to cultivate”). This Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos shows the phonological labial dissimilation known as the eponymous boukólos rule. Compare Proto-Celtic *boukolyos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buː.kó.los/ → /βuˈko.los/ → /vuˈko.los/
Noun
βουκόλος • (boukólos) m (genitive βουκόλου); second declension
- A person who tends cattle: cowherd
- A follower of Dionysus
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Further reading
- “βουκόλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βουκόλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βουκόλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βουκόλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βουκόλος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βουκόλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.