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Headword: Βουχίλου
Adler number: beta,479
Translated headword: of fodder-rich
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Name of a place; the nominative [is] Bouchilon.
"Pans, rulers of fodder-rich" - that is, bountiful - "Arcadia".
Greek Original:
Βουχίλου: ὄνομα τόπου: ἡ εὐθεῖα Βούχιλον. Πᾶνες βουχίλου κράντορες Ἀρκαδίης. τουτέστιν εὐτρόφου.
Note:
The quotation, from Greek Anthology 6.108.2 (again in brief at kappa 2326), shows that the opening gloss is wrong: the headword is not a proper name but an epithet used of one.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; geography; poetry; religion; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 6 August 2001@04:57:02.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords) on 2 September 2002@07:42:45.
William Hutton (cosmetics, added keyword, set status) on 8 July 2003@04:27:59.
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