βυζόν
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to βυνέω (bunéō, “to stuff, cram”) and βύζην (búzēn, “closely, close pressed”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /byˈzon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βyˈzon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vyˈzon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /viˈzon/
Adjective
[edit]βυζόν • (buzón)
- Hesychius' gives the definition as: πυκνόν (puknón, “close, compact”), συνετόν (sunetón, “intelligent, wise”), γαῦρον (gaûron, “haughty”), μέγα (méga, “big”).
Further reading
[edit]- “βυζόν”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βυζόν 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