βυβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word, related to βύω (búō, “to stuff full of, plug”), either with reduplication or with suffix -βος.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

βῠβός • (bubós) m (feminine βῠβή, neuter βῠβόν); first/second declension

  1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: μεστός (mestós, “full, sated”), πλήρης (plḗrēs, “full, satisfied”), μέγας (mégas, “big”).

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