βόνασσος
From LSJ
κρεῖττον τὸ μὴ ζῆν ἐστιν ἢ ζῆν ἀθλίως → death is better than a life of misery, it is better not to live at all than to live in misery
English (LSJ)
βόνασος or βόνασσος, ὁ, European bison, aurochs, Bos bonasus, Arist.HA498b31, 630a18, PA663a14, Str.15.1.69.
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
βόνασσος: {bónas(s)os}
Grammar: m.
Meaning: Wisent (Arist., Str.).
Etymology: Unerklärtes Fremdwort. Vgl. βόλινθος.
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French (Bailly abrégé)
c. βόνασος.
