βόσκω,
imperfect ἔβοσκον, Epic dialect βόσκε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.548 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: future -ήσω[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.559, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 590 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐβόσκησα [[ “Geoponica” 18.7 ] Refs]: perfect βεβόσκηκα [[ “PMag.” 6.13 (3rd c.BC):] Refs 3rd c.BC+] —passive and middle [[ (see. below 11)] Refs]; Ionic dialect imperfect βοσκέσκοντο [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.355: ] Refs 8th c.BC+]future βοσκήσομαι Sarap. in [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.398d] Refs 1st c.AD+], Doric dialect βοσκησεῦμαι [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.103 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἐβοσκήθην [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 34, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 89.7. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I properly of herdsmen, feed, tend, αἰπόλια [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.102; ταὦς 5th c.BC: Strattis Comicus 27 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὁ βόσκων the feeder, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 540a18. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.2 generally, feed, nourish, βόσκει γαῖα.. ἀνθρώπους [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 11.365, compare 14.325; γαστέρα βοσκήσεις 17.559; πάντα βόσκουσαν φλόγα.. Ἡλίου 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1425 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; maintain, keep, ἐπικούρους [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.39; ναυτικόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.48; γυναῖκας 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 260 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἰκέτας[[ [prev. work] 1204, 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.44: _metaphorically_, β. νόσον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 313 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πράγματα β. troubles, i.e. children, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 313. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]