βόειος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, Ep. and Ion. [[βόεος]], η, ον<br><span class="bld">A</span> (βόϝεον ''Glotta''4.201 (Apulian vase) is dub.): ([[βοῦς]]):—[[of an ox]] or [[oxen]], esp. [[of ox-hide]], δέρμα βόειον Od.14.24; βοέοισιν ἱμᾶσιν Il.23.324; βοείας ἀσπίδας 5.452; βόεα κρέα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.37,168; τὰ β. κρέα [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 338c; γάλα β. E.''Cyc.''218, Arist.''HA''521b33, Dsc.4.83, Porph.''Abst.''4.17; <b class="b3">ποδὶ βοείῳ τὸν θεὸν ἐλθεῖν</b>, of [[Dionysus]], Plu.2.364f: metaph., <b class="b3">β. ῥήματα</b> [[bull]]-words, Ar.''Ra.''924.<br><span class="bld">II</span> βοείη or βοέη (''[[sc.]]'' [[δορή]]), ἡ, [[ox-hide]], ἀδέψητον βοέην Od.20.2, 142; βοὸς μεγάλοιο βοείην Il.17.389; [[ox-hide shield]], <b class="b3">βοέῃς εἰλυμένω ὤμους αὔῃσι στερεῇσι</b> ib.492; <b class="b3">βοῶν τ' εὖ ποιητάων</b> (contr. for [[βοέων]]) 16.636.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[βοεύς]], λύσαντε βοείας ''h.Ap.''487, cf. 503 ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]).