βοτάνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βόσκω (bóskō, to feed, tend) +‎ -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, instrument noun suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βοτᾰ́νη • (botắnēf (genitive βοτᾰ́νης); first declension

  1. grass, fodder, pasture
  2. herb

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βόσκω (> DER > βοτάνη ’fodder’)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 227-8

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