bubo

See also Bubo, bubó, and boo-boo

English

Wikipedia

Buboes on the leg of a patient with bubonic plague.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin būbō, from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubōn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈbuː.bəʊ/
• (US) IPA: /ˈbu.boʊ/
• Rhymes: -uːbəʊ

Noun

bubo (plural buboes)

1. (pathology) An inflamed swelling of a lymph node, especially in the armpit or the groin, due to an infection such as bubonic plague, gonorrhea, tuberculosis or syphilis.
   • 1661, Johann Jacob Wecker, Eighteen books of the secrets of art and nature: being the summe and substance of naturall philisophy ...^[1], page 42:

     If a Bubo or Carbuncle appear, set on Leeches not far from it, if it be in an ignoble part; ...

Derived terms

• bubonic

Translations

inflamed lymph node

• Catalan: bubó (ca) m
• Finnish: imusolmukeajos (fi), paise (fi)
• Romanian: bubon (ro) n

• Russian: бубон (ru) (bubón) m 
• Spanish: bubón (es) m

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Esperanto

Etymology

From German Bube (“boy, knave”).

Noun

bubo (plural buboj, accusative singular bubon, accusative plural bubojn)

1. wicked boy
2. (card games) jack

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Latin

būbō (horned owl)

Etymology 1

Cognate with Ancient Greek βύας (buas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈbuː.boː/

Noun

būbō (genitive būbōnis); m, third declension

1. an owl, especially the Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo.

Usage notes

Nearly always masculine, but used once as a feminine noun by Virgil in Aeneis IV:462:

hinc exaudiri voces et verba vocantis

visa viri, nox cum terras obscura teneret,

solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo

saepe queri et longas in fletum ducere voces;

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	būbō	būbōnēs
genitive	būbōnis	būbōnum
dative	būbōnī	būbōnibus
accusative	būbōnem	būbōnēs
ablative	būbōne	būbōnibus
vocative	būbō	būbōnēs

Derived terms

• būbulō

Descendants

• Romanian: buhă
• Spanish: búho
• Translingual: Bubo

Etymology 2

Medieval Latin; from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubōn, “groin, swelling”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈbuː.boː/

Noun

būbō (genitive būbōnis); m, third declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of būbōnēs.

Etymology 3

From būtiō (“bittern”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈbu.boː/

Verb

bubō (present infinitive bubere)

1. I cry like a bittern.

References

• bubo in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879