Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βομβήεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βομβήεις

Structure: βομβηεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bombe/w

Sense

  1. humming, buzzing

Examples

  • εἰσ ἄρχοντα Μῖξον μειλιχίῃ βαιὸν φόβον, ὅττι καὶ αὐτὴ βομβήεσσα μέλισσα κορύσσεται ὀξέι κέντρῳ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 741)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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