βυβός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Onomatopoeic word, related to βύω (búō, “to stuff full of, plug”), either with reduplication or with suffix -βος.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /by.bós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /byˈbos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βyˈβos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vyˈvos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /viˈvos/
Adjective
βῠβός • (bubós) m (feminine βῠβή, neuter βῠβόν); first/second declension
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: μεστός (mestós, “full, sated”), πλήρης (plḗrēs, “full, satisfied”), μέγας (mégas, “big”).
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | βῠβός bubós |
βῠβή bubḗ |
βῠβόν bubón |
βῠβώ bubṓ |
βῠβᾱ́ bubā́ |
βῠβώ bubṓ |
βῠβοί buboí |
βῠβαί bubaí |
βῠβᾰ́ bubá | |||||
Genitive | βῠβοῦ buboû |
βῠβῆς bubês |
βῠβοῦ buboû |
βῠβοῖν buboîn |
βῠβαῖν bubaîn |
βῠβοῖν buboîn |
βῠβῶν bubôn |
βῠβῶν bubôn |
βῠβῶν bubôn | |||||
Dative | βῠβῷ bubôi |
βῠβῇ bubêi |
βῠβῷ bubôi |
βῠβοῖν buboîn |
βῠβαῖν bubaîn |
βῠβοῖν buboîn |
βῠβοῖς buboîs |
βῠβαῖς bubaîs |
βῠβοῖς buboîs | |||||
Accusative | βῠβόν bubón |
βῠβήν bubḗn |
βῠβόν bubón |
βῠβώ bubṓ |
βῠβᾱ́ bubā́ |
βῠβώ bubṓ |
βῠβούς buboús |
βῠβᾱ́ς bubā́s |
βῠβᾰ́ bubá | |||||
Vocative | βῠβέ bubé |
βῠβή bubḗ |
βῠβόν bubón |
βῠβώ bubṓ |
βῠβᾱ́ bubā́ |
βῠβώ bubṓ |
βῠβοί buboí |
βῠβαί bubaí |
βῠβᾰ́ bubá | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
βῠβῶς bubôs |
βῠβώτερος bubṓteros |
βῠβώτᾰτος bubṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βυβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βυβός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- Hesychius' Lexicon: β
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