βοητής
ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἥκεις τὸν βατῆρα τῆς θύρας → you've come to the crux of the matter, come to the point, hit the nail on the head, you've come to the very threshold of the door, you are come to the very threshold of the door, you've arrived at the truth of the matter
English (LSJ)
οῦ, ὁ, clamorous, Hp.Ep.19, prob.l. in Morb.Sacr.15, cf. Hsch. s.v. ἠπύτα: Dor. fem., βοᾶτις αὐδά A.Pers.575 (lyr.).
Spanish (DGE)
-οῦ
chillón, que grita οἱ μὲν γὰρ ὑπὸ φλέγματος μαινόμενοι ἥσυχοί τέ εἰσι καὶ οὐ βοηταί Hp.Morb.Sacr.15, Ep.19, cf. Hsch.s.u. ἠπύτα.
German (Pape)
[Seite 452] ὁ, der Schreier, Hippocr.
French (Bailly abrégé)
οῦ;
adj. m.
criard.
Étymologie: βοάω.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βοητής: -οῦ, ὁ, ὁ βοῶν, φωνάζων ἰσχυρῶς, Ἱππ. 1286. 38, καὶ ἤδη οὕτω διορθοῦται ἐν 309. 6, πρβλ. Ἡσύχ. ἐν λ. ἠπύται · ― Δωρ. θηλ. βοᾶτις αὐδὰ Αἰσχύλ. Πέρσ. 575.
Greek Monolingual
βοητής, ο (Α)
αυτός που φωνάζει δυνατά.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < βοώ. Η άποψη βοητής < βοή είναι απίθανη].
Greek Monotonic
βοητής: -οῦ, ὁ (βοάω), θορυβώδης, αυτός που κραυγάζει, φωνακλάς· Δωρ. θηλ. βοᾶτις, σε Αισχύλ.
