bumbulit

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `noise with a low tone' (Ion. -Att.)

Derivatives: βομβέω `give a low tone, hum' (Il.). - βομβάξ interjection, as ironic imitation of a swollen style (Ar. Th. 45), with intensive reduplikation βομβαλοβομβάξ (ibid. 48). - Related: βομβυλιός (accent. Hdn. 1, 116; Ion.-Att.) `humming insect', also vase with a small neck (from the sound when emptied), also βομβύλην λήκυθον H. and βομβυλία κρήνη ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ H.; - w. diff. meaning: βομβυλίδας πομφόλυγας H. `waterbubbles' - βόμβυξ, -ῡκος m. `low sounding flute, the lowest tone of a flute' (Ar.); βομβυκίας ( κάλαμος; Thphr.); Βομβύκᾱ f. name of a flute player (Theoc.); also `drone', with βομβύκιον kind of bee (Arist.). - βομβρύζων τονθορύζων, βοῶν; βομβρυνάζειν βρενθύεσθαι H. - Related βέμβιξ `whipping-top; insect'. Variants πέμφιξ, πομφόλυξ, where onom. and Pre-Greek charactertistics go together (note also -ῡκ- beside -ῑκ-).

Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations], PG [Pre-Greek]

Etymology: Onomatop. Cf. Lith. bim̃balas, Latv. bam̃bals `beetle', RussCS bubenъ `drum', Alb. bumbulit `thunder', ON bumla f. `drum'. Lat. bombus is a Gr. loan. - S. βολβός.

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