βυβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word, related to βύω (búō, “to stuff full of, plug”), either with reduplication or with suffix -βος.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /by.bós/ → /βyˈβos/ → /viˈvos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /by.bós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /byˈbos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βyˈβos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vyˈvos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈvos/

Adjective

βῠβός • (bubós) m (feminine βῠβή, neuter βῠβόν); first/second declension

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: μεστός (mestós, “full, sated”), πλήρης (plḗrēs, “full, satisfied”), μέγας (mégas, “big”).

Inflection

First and second declension of βῠβός; βῠβή; βῠβόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βῠβός bubós	βῠβή bubḗ	βῠβόν bubón		βῠβώ bubṓ	βῠβᾱ́ bubā́	βῠβώ bubṓ		βῠβοί buboí	βῠβαί bubaí	βῠβᾰ́ bubá
Genitive		βῠβοῦ buboû	βῠβῆς bubês	βῠβοῦ buboû		βῠβοῖν buboîn	βῠβαῖν bubaîn	βῠβοῖν buboîn		βῠβῶν bubôn	βῠβῶν bubôn	βῠβῶν bubôn
Dative		βῠβῷ bubôi	βῠβῇ bubêi	βῠβῷ bubôi		βῠβοῖν buboîn	βῠβαῖν bubaîn	βῠβοῖν buboîn		βῠβοῖς buboîs	βῠβαῖς bubaîs	βῠβοῖς buboîs
Accusative		βῠβόν bubón	βῠβήν bubḗn	βῠβόν bubón		βῠβώ bubṓ	βῠβᾱ́ bubā́	βῠβώ bubṓ		βῠβούς buboús	βῠβᾱ́ς bubā́s	βῠβᾰ́ bubá
Vocative		βῠβέ bubé	βῠβή bubḗ	βῠβόν bubón		βῠβώ bubṓ	βῠβᾱ́ bubā́	βῠβώ bubṓ		βῠβοί buboí	βῠβαί bubaí	βῠβᾰ́ bubá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βῠβῶς bubôs				βῠβώτερος bubṓteros				βῠβώτᾰτος bubṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βυβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βυβός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: β