Βομβάζειν

to humiliate, jeer at

Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Apr 2002Vetting: high2 revisions

7 words

A word said for ridiculing and mocking.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βομβάζειν· φθέγμα ἐπὶ τῷ διασύρειν καὶ τωθάζειν λεγόμενον.

Betacode

*bomba/zein: fqe/gma e)pi\ tw=| diasu/rein kai\ twqa/zein lego/menon.

Same or similar entry in Photius and elsewhere. The verb, though presumably related to other bomb- words (beta 371, beta 372, etc.), is otherwise unattested.