συβώτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῦς (sûs, swine) + βω- (bō-, to feed) (from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃-) + -της (-tēs). Compare Latin subulcus.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠβώτης • (subṓtēs) m (genitive σῠβώτου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic)

  1. swineherd

Declension

Further reading

  • συβώτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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