авгиеви обори

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Bulgarian

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, авги́еви (avgíevi, Augean, plural of авги́ев (avgíev)) +‎ обо́ри (obóri, stables, plural of обо́р (obór)).

The cleaning of king Augeas's dirty stables was one of the 12 labors of Hercules; see Augean stables#Etymology for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɐvˈɡiɛvi oˈbɔri]
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Noun

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авги́еви обо́ри (avgíevi obóripl

  1. (plural only) Augean stables (a filthy place; when used literally, refers to the dirty stables of king Augeas, which only Hercules was able to clean)

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References

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  • авгиев”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • авгѝев”, in Български тълковен речник [Bulgarian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), fourth edition, Sofia: Nauka i Izkustvo, 2005, page 16