βοτάνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ, ([[βόσκω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[pasture]], Il.13.493, Pl.Prt.321b, etc.; ἐκ βοτάνης ἀνιόντα Theoc.25.87; ἐν β. Id.28.12; ἔγρονται ἐς βοτάναν E.Fr.773.29; [[βοτάνη ἁ λέοντος]] = the [[lion's pasture]], i.e. Nemea, Pi.N.6.42: metaph., ὥσπερ ἐν κακῇ βοτάνῃ τρεφόμενοι Pl.R.401c.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[fodder]], Od. 10.411.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[herb]], Thphr.HP4.4.13, Dsc.1 Praef.1 (pl.), etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> in plural, [[plant]]s, as material for making [[clothes]], opp. [[δοραί]], Diog. Oen. 10.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[weed]]s, Thphr.HP2.7.5, POxy.729.22 (ii A. D.): in plural, Gp. 2.46.2.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[ἱερὰ βοτάνη]] = [[περιστερεών]] ([[holy vervain]], [[common vervain]], [[vervain]], [[common verbena]], [[verbena]], [[Verbena supina]]), Dsc.4.60.