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β91Βαμβαίνειchatters… this onomatopoeic verb. It is presumably extracted from somewhere (perhaps Bion of Smyrna fr. 9 Gow, quoted by Stobaeus), though for the glossing cf. Hesychius s.v. bambai/nwn (from Homer, Iliad 10.375; cf. the scholia …Matched in noteshighshort

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Βαμβαίνει

chatters

[Meaning he/she] is unsure, trembles with the feet and speaks unintelligibly with the tongue.

Βαμβαίνει· διστάζει, τρέμει τοῖς ποσὶ καὶ τῇ γλώττῃ ἀσήμως φθέγγεται.