Βομβυλιός

bumblebee, buzzing-insect

Translated by Catharine Roth · 13 Jan 2002 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions

Translation

An animal,¹ or the so-called besion. And a kind of bee, [sc. so called] from its buzzing [bombein]. It makes its combs from mud.²
The bombulios is an animal very much like the bee, named from the buzzing sound which it makes.³

Greek original

Βομβυλιός· ζῷον, ἢ τὸ βησίον λεγόμενον. καὶ εἶδος μελίσσης, παρὰ τὸ βομβεῖν. ἐκ πηλοῦ τὰ κηρία πλαττούσης. Βομβυλιός ζῷόν ἐστι παραπλήσιον μελίττῃ, ὠνομασμένον ἀπὸ τοῦ βόμβου, ὃν ἐκεῖνο βομβεῖ.

Betacode

*bombulio/s: zw=|on, h)\ to\ bhsi/on lego/menon. kai\ ei)=dos meli/sshs, para\ to\ bombei=n. e)k phlou= ta\ khri/a plattou/shs. *bombulio/s zw=|o/n e)sti paraplh/sion meli/tth|, w)nomasme/non a)po\ tou= bo/mbou, o(\n e)kei=no bombei=.

Notes (3)

LSJ entry at web address 1.
1cf. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 11.784D (11.29 Kaibel) -- an addendum to the presentation of a bombylios as a Rhodian "gurgling" cup. ↩
2Again beta 376. ↩
3From Harpokration (and Photius) s.v., where Isocrates 10.12 is cited.

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External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from (2)

β376Βομβυλιόςbumble[bee]β377Βομβύλονgurgling-vessel

Neighbours in Adler order

β372Βομβεῖbuzzes β373Βόμβησενbuzzed β374Βομβοῦσινthey bumble β375Βομβυλιόςbumblebee, buzzing-insect β376Βομβυλιόςbumble[bee]β377Βομβύλονgurgling-vessel β378Βόμβυξsilkworm, wasp, silk garment, deep-toned pipe, cap of a pipe, lowest note on a pipe

Revisions (6)

21 Sep 2015David Whiteheadtweaks
29 Jun 2012Catharine Rothcoding
1 Jul 2011David Whiteheadexpanded n.1; tweaks and cosmetics
14 Jan 2002David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; cosmetics
13 Jan 2002Catharine Rothtranslated

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