βορά,ἡ,
A. food, prop. of carnivorous beasts, ποντίοις δάκεσι δὸς βοράν
A. Pr. 583
(lyr.), cf. Ch. 530 ; θηρσὶν ἄθλιον β.
E. Ph. 1603
, cf. S. Ant. 30 ; κυνὸς β.
Ar. Eq. 416
; ὁ λέων . . [χαίρει] ὅτι β. ἕξει
Arist. EN 1118a23
; of cannibal feasts, Hdt. 1.119 ;κρεῶν . . οἰκείας βορᾶςof their own fleshserved as food, of the children of Thyestes, A. Ag. 1220 , cf. 1597 ;βορᾶς τοῦ . . Ο<>δίπου γόνου foodtorn from the body of the son of Oedipus, S. Ant. 1017 , cf. 1040 ;βορᾷ χαίρουσιν ἀνθρωποκτόνῳ; E. Cyc. 127 ;οὐ γὰρ ἐν γαστρὸς β. τὸ χρηστὸν εἶναιingluttony, Id. Supp. 865 : less freq. of simplefood, Pi. Fr. 124.5 , A. Pers. 490 , S. Ph. 274 , etc. (βορράis prob. f.l. for φορβά in AP 3.14 .) (Cf.βιβρώσκω:g[uglide]er[schwa]-, cf. Skt.-gara-in compds. (cf.δημο-βόρος, Lat.carni-vorus) 'devouring',giráti'swallow', Lat.vorare, Lith.gérti'drink', etc.)