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|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ, ([[βόσκω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[pasture]], <span class="bibl">Il.13.493</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>321b</span>, etc.; ἐκ βοτάνης ἀνιόντα <span class="bibl">Theoc.25.87</span>; ἐν β. <span class="bibl">Id.28.12</span>; ἔγρονται ἐς βοτάναν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>773.29</span>; <b class="b3">β. ἁ λέοντος</b> the lion's [[pasture]], i.e. Nemea, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>6.42</span>: metaph., ὥσπερ ἐν κακῇ β. τρεφόμενοι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>401c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[fodder]], <span class="bibl">Od. 10.411</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[herb]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.4.13</span>, Dsc.1 <span class="title">Praef.</span>1 (pl.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> in pl., [[plants]], as material for making clothes, opp. [[δοραί]], Diog. Oen. 10. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[weeds]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>2.7.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>729.22</span> (ii A. D.): in pl., <span class="title">Gp.</span> 2.46.2. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> ἱερὰ βοτάνη = [[περιστερεών]], Dsc.4.60.</span>