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βοηλάτης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βοηλάτης βοηλάτες

Structure: βοηλατη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: bou=s, e)lau/nw

Sense

  1. one that drives away oxen, a cattle-lifter
  2. ox-driving

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ βοηλάτησ βοηθεῖν ἑαυτῷ μὴ δυνάμενοσ στὰσ ἐπί τινοσ ὄρουσ κατηρᾶτο. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 5 11:25)
  • ὅσ φησιν ὡσ ἐγὼ μὲν παρειστήκη, οἱ δ’ οἰκέται ἐξέτεμνον τὰ πρέμνα, ἀναθέμενοσ δὲ ὁ βοηλάτησ ὤχετο ἀπάγων τὰ ξύλα. (Lysias, Speeches, 24:2)

Synonyms

  1. ox-driving

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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