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βόσκω

βόσκω, to feed, tend

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βοσκηθήσονται future passive indicative 3rd plural of βόσκω

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βόσκω, impf. ἔβοσκον, Ep. βόσκε Il. 15.548: fut. -ήσω 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. Pyth. 2.398d, Dor. βοσκησεῦμαι Theoc. 5.103: aor. ἐβοσκήθην Nic. Th. 34, Babr. 89.7.
    • I prop. of herdsmen, feed, tend, αἰπόλια Od. 14.102; ταὦς Stratt. 27; ὁ βόσκων the feeder, Arist. HA 540a18.
      • 2 generally, feed, nourish, βόσκει γαῖα . . ἀνθρώπους Od. 11.365, cf. 14.325; γαστέρα βοσκήσεις 17.559; πάντα βόσκουσαν φλόγα . . Ἡλίου S. OT 1425; maintain, keep, ἐπικούρους Hdt. 6.39; ναυτικόν Th. 7.48; γυναῖκας Ar. Lys. 260; οἰκέτας ib. 1204, Herod. 7.44: metaph., β. νόσον S. Ph. 313; πράγματα β. troubles, i.e. children, Ar. V. 313.
    • II 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.), Arist. HA 591a16, al.; τινί A. Th. 244.
      • 2 metaph., to be fed or nurtured, ἰυγμοῖσι Id. Ch. 26 (lyr.); κούφοις πνεύμασιν S. Aj. 558; ἐλπίσιν E. Ba. 617; β. τινί or περί τι run riot in a thing, AP 5.271 (Paul.Sil.), prob. in 285 (Id.). (gṷō, cf. Lith. guotas ‘herd’.)

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