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βουκολέω, to tend cattle

βουκολ-έω,
  • tend cattle, ἕλικας βοῦς βουκολέεσκες (Ep. impf.) Il. 21.448, etc.: abs., Parth. 4.1, Luc. DDeor. 7[3]:—Med., βουκολεῖσθαι αἶγας Eup. 18:—Pass., of cattle, graze, ἕλος κάτα βουκολέοντο, of horses, Il. 20.221, cf. Ar. Pax 153: metaph. of meteors, range through the sky, Call. Del. 176.
        • b c. acc. rei, graze on, Τρηχινίδα Euph. 114.
      • 2 of persons, βουκολεῖς Σαβάζιον you tend, serve him (with allusion to his tauriform worship), Ar. V. 10:—Med., μὴ πρόκαμνε τόνδε βουκολούμενος πόνον ruminating, pondering, A. Eu. 78.
    • II metaph., cheat, beguile, πάθος Id. Ag. 669; τὸ δήμιον Ar. Ec. 81, cf. Men. Sam. 251; αἱ τίτθαι τοὺς παῖδας διὰ μυθολογίας βουκολοῦσιν Max.Tyr. 10.3; β. λύπην Babr. 19.7; ἀλλοτρίοις κόσμοις τὸ τῆς φύσεως ἀπρεπές β. Luc. Am. 38:—Med., ἐλπίσι βουκολοῦμαι I feed myself on hopes, cheat myself with them, Alciphr. 3.5, cf. Luc. Trag. 29; ἐπιθυμίαις Id. Am. 2:—Pass., Stoic. 3.147; βουκολεῖσθαι ὑπὸ ἐνυπνίων Porph. Marc. 6.

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