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a Greek prefix

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Where it lives

Adelphi 12 · 12.12/10k
Eunuchus 11 · 10.14/10k
Phormio 10 · 9.22/10k
Andria 8 · 8.12/10k
Ad Scapulam 1 · 6.7/10k
Heautontimorumenos 7 · 6.37/10k
Hecyra 5 · 5.55/10k
Divus Aurelianus 2 · 2.56/10k
De Consolatione ad Marciam 1 · 1.19/10k

What it meant

1. bu — Lewis & Short

bu = bou,

I a Greek prefix, which, in composition, expresses the idea of greatness: Graeci assueti magnis et amplis rebus praeponere bou, a magnitudine scilicet bovis. Hic est, quod grandes pueri bou/paidas appellant et mariscam ficum bou/sukon, Paul. ex Fest. p. 109 Müll.; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 4 [cf. Engl. horse-cucumber, elephant folio, etc.].

2. bu — Lewis & Short

bu, v. bua.

3. bü — Walde–Hofmann

bü(i)um I 469, 558 büc I 445, 556 bügan I 556 buge I 556 bulluc I 524 buture I 125 byden I 493 bgle I 524, 556 bylgan I 516 bylig, bylg I 122 byrst I 461 bysig I 472 bütel I 259 bytt I 125 calan I 586 calic I 139 calwer I 586 camb, camp I 588 canc I 582 capün I 161 cawel I 188 c&ppe I 162 c&se I 176 cealc I 145 cealer I 686 cealf 1 577 cearcern I 166 cearm I 583 cemes 1 147 cennan „erzeugen‘ 16599 cennan … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bü, p. 1944]

4. bu — Walde–Hofmann

bu, buvi (georg.) I 119 Küan, Kiüen I 158 lac I 741 tokkui II 679 Vólkernamen Aborigines I 5, 842 ’Axaroi II 552 Aecdur I15 Allobroges I 30, II 39 Amantes I 846 velüur I 577 veldurna II 831 velimna II 832 Verna II 760 verse II 760 Baskisch goru I 250 gurdo I 627 harri I 856 stil II 510 izokin I 421 keinu I 219 kume I 147 lukainka I 823 lupu I 836 mando II 30 Iberisch Muturra II 139 Kaukasisch — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. bu, p. 2040]

In the wild

6 of 57 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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