βόεος
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
French (Bailly abrégé)
α, ον :
1 qui provient d’un bœuf : βόεα κρέα HDT viande de bœuf;
2 fait de peau de bœuf (lanière, bouclier, etc.) ; ἡ βοέη OD peau de bœuf ; bouclier en peau de bœuf.
Étymologie: βοῦς.
English (Autenrieth)
(βοῦς): of an ox or of oxen; δέρμα, νεῦρα, and (‘of oxhide,’ ‘leather’) ἱμάντες, κνημῖδες, Od. 24.228.—As subst., βοείη, βοέη, ox-hide, hide.
English (Slater)
βόεος
1 of oxen (of oxhide?) βοέους δήσαις ἀνάγκᾳ ἔντεσιν αὐχένας (v. l. βοέοις) (P. 4.234)
