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βου-

bou

having X like a B

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What it meant

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]

2. βου- · bou- — LSJ

huge, monstrous

huge, monstrous. (From βοῦς, cf. ἵππο-.)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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