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βουβάρας

boubaras

great sailor [?], after the B. (a flatbottomed boat)

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What it meant

1. βουβάρας · boubaras — Beekes

βουβάρας - (1) μεγαλοναύτης, παρὰ τὴν βᾶριν ‘great sailor [?], after the B. (a flatbottomed boat)’ καὶ (2) μέγα βάρος ἔχων ‘having heavy weight’ καὶ (3) abynpatiac ‘boaster’ ἢ (4) ὁ μέγας καὶ ἀναίσθητος ἄνθρωπος ‘great and unnoticed man’ (H.). eVAR Cod. BoB-. Cf. βούβαρις: νεὼς ὄνομα ‘name of a ship’ (H.). *ETYM In (3) the ms. has καὶ αὐχηματίας; καυχητίων ex EM Alb. The other definitions are clear. — [Beekes, s.v. βουβάρας, p. 276]

2. βουβάρας · boubaras — LSJ

= μέγας καὶ ἀναίσθητος, Hdn.Gr. 1.57; cf. βουβάραι· μεγάλαι, Hsch.: also expld. as = μεγαλοναύτης (cf. βᾶρις), Id., cf. EM 206.18:—βούβαρις, Philist. 56 (-βάρτις cod. Hsch.).

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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