1. βου- · bou- — Beekes
βου- augmentative prefix. *ETYM This meaning seems to have developed from the bahuvrihi compounds of the type ‘having X like a B’ See βούβρωστις, βουγάιε, etc. Cf. DELG and further Richardson BICS 8 (1961): 15-22 and Richardson Hermathena 96 (1962): 92. Boda [f.]? - ἀγέλη παίδων. Λάκωνες ‘a group of children (Lacon.) (H.). «3» *VAR Wrong accent acc. to DELG. Bovda: ἀγέλη τις ‘a herd’ (EM; perhaps from Poveda, … — [Beekes, s.v. βου-, p. 275]