βολβῖτις

βολβιτίς

fem nom sg

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `onion; purse-tassels, Muscari comosum' (Att., Arist.).

Derivatives: βολβίον (Hp.), βολβάριον (Epict.), βολβίσκος (AP) `small onion'. - From βολβός the plant βολβίνη (Thphr., s. Strömberg Theophrastea 86). - On the fishnames βολβίδιον, βολβίτιον, βολβιτίνη see βόλβιτον; also βολβῖτις, βολβιτίς. See Thompson Fishes 33; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 174 A. 1; Redard Noms grecs en - της 85. -

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]

Etymology: The form of the word is expressive, soundsymbolic, with a kind of reduplication. No direct relatives. Reminds of words for round, globular objects, like Lat. bulla `waterbubble', βυλλά βεβυσμένα H., Lith. bur̃bulas `waterbubble' etc., cf. βομβυλίς s. βόμβος; Arm. boɫk `radish' (Skt. bálba-ja- m. kind of grass, `Eleusine indica', orig. `balba-born' is less adequate); cf. Pok. 103; W.-Hofmann s. bulbus. Cf. βῶλος. (Lat. bulbus is a LW [loanword]).

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