βόσκω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> impf. ἔβοσκον, Ep. βόσκε Il.15.548: fut. βοσκήσω Od.17.559, Ar.''Ec.''590: aor. ἐβόσκησα ''Gp.''18.7: pf. βεβόσκηκα ''PMag.''6.13 (iii B. C.):—Pass. and Med. (v. infr. II); Ion. impf. βοσκέσκοντο Od.12.355: fut. βοσκήσομαι Sarap. in Plu.2.398d, Dor. βοσκησεῦμαι Theoc. 5.103: aor. ἐβοσκήθην Nic. ''Th.''34, Babr.89.7.<br><span class="bld">I</span> prop. of herdsmen, [[feed]], [[tend]], αἰπόλια Od. 14.102; ταὦς Stratt.27; ὁ [[βόσκων]] = the [[feeder]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''540a18.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[feed]], [[nourish]], <b class="b3">βόσκει γαῖα</b>… ἀνθρώπους Od.11.365, cf. 14.325; γαστέρα βοσκήσεις 17.559; πάντα βόσκουσαν φλόγα… Ἡλίου [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1425; [[maintain]], [[keep]], ἐπικούρους [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.39; ναυτικόν Th.7.48; γυναῖκας Ar.''Lys.''260; [[οἰκέτας]] ib.1204, Herod.7.44: metaph., β. νόσον S.''Ph.''313; <b class="b3">πράγματα β.</b> [[troubles]], i.e. [[children]], Ar.''V.''313.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Pass., of cattle, [[feed]], [[graze]], Od.21.49, etc.; ξύλοχον κάτα Il.5.162: c.acc., [[feed on]], ποίην ''h.Merc.''27,232, cf. A.''Ag.''118 (lyr.), [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''591a16, al.; τινί A.''Th.''244.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., to [[be fed]] or [[be nurtured]], ἰυγμοῖσι Id.''Ch.''26 (lyr.); κούφοις πνεύμασιν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 558; ἐλπίσιν E.''Ba.''617; <b class="b3">β. τινί</b> or <b class="b3">περί τι</b> [[run riot in]] a thing, ''AP'' 5.271 (Paul. Sil.), prob. in 285 (Id.). (gu̯ō, cf. Lith. guotas '[[herd]]'.)