Βουγάϊος

big-mouth, braggart

Translated by Jennifer Benedict5 Dec 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

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The [prefix] bou [is here] for enlargement;¹ just as in boupeina, [meaning] great hunger, and bouglôssoi.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Βουγάϊος· τὸ βου κατ' ἐπίτασιν· ὡς ἐν τῷ βουπείνα, ἡ μεγάλη πείνα, καὶ βούγλωσσοι.

Betacode

*bouga/i+os: to\ bou kat' e)pi/tasin: w(s e)n tw=| boupei/na, h( mega/lh pei/na, kai\ bou/glwssoi.