βόσκω

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impf. ἔβοσκον, Ep.

   A βόσκε Il.15.548: fut. -ήσω Od.17.559, Ar.Ec.590: aor. ἐβόσκησα Gp.18.7: pf. βεβόσκηκα PMag.6.13 (iii B. C.):—Pass. and Med. (v. infr. 11); Ion. impf. βοσκέσκοντο Od.12.355: fut. βοσκήσομαι Sarap. in Plu.2.398d, Dor. βοσκησεῦμαι Theoc. 5.103: aor. ἐβοσκήθην Nic. Th.34, Babr.89.7.    I prop. of herdsmen, feed, tend, αἰπόλια Od. 14.102; ταὦς Stratt.27; ὁ βόσκων the feeder, Arist.HA540a18.    2 generally, feed, nourish, βόσκει γαῖα . . ἀνθρώπους Od.11.365, cf. 14.325; γαστέρα βοσκήσεις 17.559; πάντα βόσκουσαν φλόγα . . Ἡλίου S.OT1425; maintain, keep, ἐπικούρους Hdt.6.39; ναυτικόν Th.7.48; γυναῖκας Ar.Lys.260; οἰκέτας ib.1204, Herod.7.44: metaph., β. νόσον S.Ph.313; πράγματα β. troubles, i.e. children, Ar.V.313.    II Pass., of cattle, feed, graze, Od.21.49, etc.; ξύλοχον κάτα Il.5.162: c.acc., feed on, ποίην h.Merc.27,232, cf. A.Ag.118 (lyr.), Arist.HA591a16, al.; τινί A.Th.244.    2 metaph., to be fed or nurtured, ἰυγμοῖσι Id.Ch.26 (lyr.); κούφοις πνεύμασιν S.Aj. 558; ἐλπίσιν E.Ba.617; β. τινί or περί τι run riot in a thing, AP 5.271 (Paul. Sil.), prob. in 285 (Id.). (g[uglide]ō, cf. Lith. guotas 'herd'.)