βόνασος
οἷς τὰ ὁρώμενα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐνδίδωσι, καὶ οἷον ὑπήνεμα διὰ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν τὰ πάθη ταῖς ψυχαῖς εἰστοξεύονται → who taketh his beginning and occasion from something which is seen, and then his passion, as though wind borne, shoots through the eyes and into the heart
English (LSJ)
βόνασος or βόνασσος, ὁ, European bison, aurochs, Bos bonasus, Arist.HA498b31, 630a18, PA663a14, Str.15.1.69.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, ὁ zool. bisonte indio, Str.15.1.69
•bisonte europeo, Bos bonasus Arist.HA 498b31, 630a18, ὁ β. γίνεται ... ἐν τῇ Παιονίᾳ Arist.HA 630a18, cf. 498b31, PA 663a14, Plin.HN 8.40.
German (Pape)
[Seite 453] ὁ, der wilde Ochse, Arist. H. A. 2, 1. 9, 45.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
taureau sauvage, bison européen, auroch, animal.
Étymologie: DELG mot emprunté à une langue d'Europe.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βόνασος: ἢ βόνασσος, ὁ, ἄγριος βοῦς, bos urus, Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 2. 1, 35., 9. 45, Ζ. Μ. 3. 2, 5.
Greek Monolingual
ο (Α βόνασος και βόνασσος)
βίσονας, άγριο βόδι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Δάνεια λ., πιθ. πελασγικής προελεύσεως].
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: wisent (Arist.).
Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Eur.
Etymology: Unexplained. Generally considered a loanword from an European language. - One wants to connect βόλινθος (q.v.), which is quite uncertain. Fur. 213 tries to connect Paonian μόναπος (q.v.), for which I see no basis.
Frisk Etymology German
βόνασος: {bónas(s)os}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Wisent (Arist., Str.).
Etymology: Unerklärtes Fremdwort. Vgl. βόλινθος.
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