βουκολέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[tend cattle]], <b class="b3">ἕλικας βοῦς βουκολέεσκες</b> (Ep. impf.) <span class="bibl">Il.21.448</span>, etc.: abs., <span class="bibl">Parth.4.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>3</span>:—Med., βουκολεῖσθαι αἶγας <span class="bibl">Eup.18</span>:—Pass., of cattle, [[graze]], <b class="b3">ἕλος κάτα βουκολέοντο</b>, of horses, <span class="bibl">Il.20.221</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>153</span>: metaph. of meteors, [[range through the sky]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>176</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> c. acc. rei, [[graze on]], Τρηχινίδα <span class="bibl">Euph. 114</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, <b class="b3">βουκολεῖς Σαβάζιον</b> [[you tend]], [[serve him]] (with allusion to his [[tauriform]] worship), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>10</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">μὴ πρόκαμνε τόνδε βουκολούμενος πόνον</b> [[ruminating]], [[pondering]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>78</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[cheat]], [[beguile]], πάθος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>669</span>; τὸ δήμιον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>251</span>; αἱ τίτθαι τοὺς παῖδας διὰ μυθολογίας βουκολοῦσιν <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr.10.3</span>; β. λύπην <span class="bibl">Babr.19.7</span>; ἀλλοτρίοις κόσμοις τὸ τῆς φύσεως ἀπρεπές β. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>38</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">ἐλπίσι βουκολοῦμαι</b> I [[feed myself]] on hopes, [[cheat myself]] with them, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.5</span>, cf. Luc.<span class="title">Trag.</span>29; ἐπιθυμίαις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Am.</span>2</span>:—Pass., <span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.147; βουκολεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἐνυπνίων <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Marc.</span>6</span>.</span>