βόλινθος
Κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → Death is better than a life of misery → Satius mori quam calamitose vivere → Der Tod ist besser als ein Leben in der Not
English (LSJ)
ὁ, perhaps = βόνασος, Arist.Mir.830a7.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ zool. bisonte Arist.Mir.830a7, cf. βόνασος.
German (Pape)
[Seite 452] ὁ, = βόνασος, Arist. Mirab. 1.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
animal = βόνασος ARSTT.
Étymologie: DELG pê dissim. p. *βόνινθος, cf. βόνασος, ou apparenté à βοῦς.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βόλινθος: ὁ, ἴσως τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ βόνασος Ἀριστ. Θαυμ. 1. 2.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
βόλινθος: ὁ Arst. = βόνασος.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: wisent, the European bison, = βόνασος (Arist.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: To conclude on the basis of βόνασος that the word derives from *βόνινθος is most uncertain. Influence of βοῦς is also a mere guess. No etym. Probably Pre-Greek; Krahe, Die Antike 15 (1939)180; Krause, FS Krahe, 62f.
Frisk Etymology German
βόλινθος: {bólinthos}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Tiername, viell. Wisent, = βόνασος (Arist.).
Etymology: Wegen βόνασος viell. aus *βόνινθος dissimiliert. An βοῦς (sekundär?) angelehnt; sonst dunkel, wahrscheinlich vorgriechisch (Krahe Die Antike 15, 180). Nach v. Windekens Le Pélasgique 79ff. pelasgisch.
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