See also: Βοῦνος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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According to Herodotus, a Cyrenaic word; however, more recent research by Solmsen indicates a dialectal Doric origin instead. Based on variants of the related βουνιάς (bouniás, Brassica napus), such as μουνιάς (mouniás) and μουνιαδικόν (mouniadikón), Furnee takes the word as Pre-Greek and compares Basque muno (hill), apparently from the same substrate source.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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βουνός (bounósm (genitive βουνοῦ); second declension

  1. hill, heap
  2. mound
  3. altar
  4. blood clot

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Greek: βουνό (vounó)
  • Mariupol Greek: вуно́ (vunó)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βουνός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 231-2

Further reading

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