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1 βορά
βορά, ἡ,A food, prop. of carnivorous beasts,ποντίοις δάκεσι δὸς βοράν A.Pr. 583
(lyr.), cf. Ch. 530;θηρσὶν ἄθλιον β. E.Ph. 1603
, cf.S.Ant.30;κυνὸς β. Ar.Eq. 416
;ὁ λέων.. [χαίρει] ὅτι β. ἕξει Arist.EN 1118a23
; of cannibal feasts, Hdt.1.119; κρεῶν.. οἰκείας βορᾶς of their own flesh served as food, of the children of Thyestes, A.Ag. 1220, cf. 1597; βορᾶς τοῦ.. Οἰδίπου γόνου food torn from the body of the son of Oedipus, S.Ant. 1017, cf. 1040; βορᾷ χαίρουσιν ἀνθρωποκτόνῳ; E.Cyc. 127; οὐ γὰρ ἐν γαστρὸς β. τὸ χρηστὸν εἶναι in gluttony, Id.Supp. 865: less freq. of simple food, Pi.Fr.124.5, A.Pers. 490, S.Ph. 274, etc. ( βορρά is prob. f.l. for φορβά in AP3.14.) (Cf. βιβρώσκω: g[uglide]er[schwa]-, cf. Skt. - gara- in compds. (cf. δημο-βόρος, Lat. carni-vorus) 'devouring', giráti 'swallow', Lat. vorare, Lith. gérti 'drink', etc.) -
2 βιβρώσκω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `devour' (Il.).Other forms: The meaning implies not so much a present (for which ἐσθίω is used to a certain extent). βέβρωκα (Il.), βεβρώθοις Δ 35 (s. Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 429), βεβρώσεται (Od.), βέβρωμαι (A.), ἔβρων (h. Ap. 122), (hell.), ἐβρώθην (Hdt.). Other forms are late: βρώζω (Herod.), fut. βρώσομαι, βιβρώσκω (Babr.), ἀναβρώσκων (H.), ἔβρωσα, - ξα (Hell.). Desider. βρωσείω `desire to eat' (Call.).Derivatives: Nom. actionis: βρωτύς (Il.) and βρῶσις (Il.) `food' (Chantr., BSL 59, 1964) 11-22); also βρώμη (Od.), βρῶμα (Ion.-Att.); βρωτόν (E.); βρώσιμος `eatable' (A.). - Nom. agentis: βρωτήρ (A.), as `moth' also βρωστήρ (Aq.). βορά `food' (of a predator). - On βούβρωστις s. v.Etymology: Root * gʷerh₃-. The zero grade in the verbal adj. βρωτός, which agrees with Lith. gìrtas `drunk' and Skt. gīrṇá- `devoured'. The aor. in Arm. 3. sg. eker (* e-gʷerh₃-et = Gr. *ἔδερε, *ἔβερε) to pres. utem ; Skt. aor. garat, gārīt; Greek has ἔβρως etc., with zero grade generalized from the plural. Perf. Skt. jagāra (* gʷe-gʷorh₃-e = Gr. *βέβορε). Greek generalized βρω- from the verb. adj. and the plural aor. and perf. Pres. Skt. giráti \< *gʷrh₃-e\/o-, which agrees with OCS. žьrǫ. Lat. vorāre may be denom. - Not here βάραθρον. Cf. δέρη.Page in Frisk: 1,235-236Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > βιβρώσκω
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gʷer-1, gʷerǝ- — gʷer 1, gʷerǝ English meaning: to devour; throat Deutsche Übersetzung: “verschlingen, Schlund” Material: 1. O.Ind. giráti, giláti, gr̥ṇüti “devours” (Fut. gariṣyati, participle gīrṇ a “verschlungen”; gír (in compounds)… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
carnivorous — carnivorism, n. carnivorously, adv. carnivorousness, n. /kahr niv euhr euhs/, adj. 1. flesh eating: A dog is a carnivorous animal. 2. of the carnivores. [1640 50; < L carnivorus, equiv. to carni (comb. form of caro flesh) + vorus VOROUS] … Universalium
carnivorous — car•niv•o•rous [[t]kɑrˈnɪv ər əs[/t]] adj. 1) zool. flesh eating 2) zool. of or pertaining to the carnivores • Etymology: 1640–50; < L carnivorus=carni , comb. form of carō flesh + vorus vorous car•niv′o•rism, n. car•niv′o•rous•ly, adv.… … From formal English to slang
