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βόμβος

bombos

noise with a low tone

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

1. βόμβος · bombos — Beekes

βόμβος [m.] ‘noise with a low tone’ (IA). *DER βομβέω ‘give a low tone, hum’ (11... Bou Bak interj., as ironic imitation of a swollen style (Ar. Th. 45), with intensive reduplication βομβαλοβομβάξ (ibid. 48). Related are: βομβυλιός (accent. acc. to Hdn. 1, 116; IA) ‘humming insect’, also vase with a small neck (from the sound when emptied), also βομβύλην-: λήκυθον ‘a vase’ (H.) and βομβυλία- κρήνη ἐν … — [Beekes, s.v. βόμβος, p. 273]

2. βόμβος · bombos — Frisk

βόμβος m. “dumpfer Ton’ (ion. att. usw.) mit βομβώδης (Ael., Gal.), Boußneıs (APl., Nonn.; poetische Bildung, vgl. Chantraine Formation 272, Schwyzer 527), βομβικός (Sch.), Adv. Boußnöov (A.R., Luk.). — Daneben βομβέω “dumpf tönen’ (seit Il.) mit βόμβησις (LXX), βομβητής (AP), βομβήτρια fem. (Orph.), βομβητικός (Bust.).. — βομβάξ Interjektion, als ironische Imitation eines schwülstigen Stils (Ar. Th. 45), mit … — [Frisk, s.v. βόμβος, p. 282]

3. βόμβος · bombos — Frisk

βόμβος. Von βομβυλ- noch βομβυλεύματα τι. pl. “Lappalien’ (Kom. Adesp.). — [Frisk, s.v. βόμβος, p. 2179]

4. βόμβος · bombos — LSJ

booming, humming, booming sound, buzzing in the ears, rumbling in the intestines

booming, humming, Pl. Prt. 316a, Arist. Resp. 475a16; β. ἀνέμου κατιόντος its booming sound, Hld. 5.27; of thunder, Epicur. Ep. 2p.46U.; buzzing in the ears, Hp. Coac. 189; rumbling in the intestines, Gal. 7.241:—βόμβο, τό, barbarism in Ar. Th. 1176. (Onomatop.)

In the wild

βόμβον · bombon Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 88)
βόμβον · bombon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9089)
βόμβον · bombon Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 9099)
βόμβος · bombos Plato, Protagoras 316

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βόμβος (scan p. 273; entry #1211).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βόμβος (scan pp. 282-283; entry #1118).

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