βούβρωστις — cunliffe_lex

βούβρωστις ἡ [app. a compound of βοῦς.] Explained as the insect that attacks cattle, the gadfly. By others connected with βι-βρώσκω and explained as ravenous hunger (taking βου- in an intensive sense. Cf. βουγάϊος) Il. 24.532.

ShortDef

eating enormously

Debugging

Headword:

βούβρωστις

Headword (normalized):

βούβρωστις

Headword (normalized/stripped):

βουβρωστις

Intro Text:

IDX:

1796

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:cunliffe_lex-n1796

Key:

bou/brwstis

Senses and Citations (From Data)

Citations (From Models)

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Data

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