βυβός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Onomatopoeic word, related to βύω (búō, “to stuff full of, plug”), either with reduplication or with suffix -βος.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /by.bós/ → /βyˈβos/ → /viˈvos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /by.bós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /byˈbos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βyˈβos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vyˈvos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /viˈvos/

Adjective

βῠβός • (bŭbós) m (feminine βῠβή, neuter βῠβόν); first/second declension

1. Hesychius' gives the definition as: μεστός (mestós, “full, sated”), πλήρης (plḗrēs, “full, satisfied”), μέγας (mégas, “big”).

Inflection

First and second declension of βῠβός; βῠβή; βῠβόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βῠβός bŭbós	βῠβή bŭbḗ	βῠβόν bŭbón		βῠβώ bŭbṓ	βῠβᾱ́ bŭbā́	βῠβώ bŭbṓ		βῠβοί bŭboí	βῠβαί bŭbaí	βῠβᾰ́ bŭbắ
Genitive		βῠβοῦ bŭboû	βῠβῆς bŭbês	βῠβοῦ bŭboû		βῠβοῖν bŭboîn	βῠβαῖν bŭbaîn	βῠβοῖν bŭboîn		βῠβῶν bŭbôn	βῠβῶν bŭbôn	βῠβῶν bŭbôn
Dative		βῠβῷ bŭbôi	βῠβῇ bŭbêi	βῠβῷ bŭbôi		βῠβοῖν bŭboîn	βῠβαῖν bŭbaîn	βῠβοῖν bŭboîn		βῠβοῖς bŭboîs	βῠβαῖς bŭbaîs	βῠβοῖς bŭboîs
Accusative		βῠβόν bŭbón	βῠβήν bŭbḗn	βῠβόν bŭbón		βῠβώ bŭbṓ	βῠβᾱ́ bŭbā́	βῠβώ bŭbṓ		βῠβούς bŭboús	βῠβᾱ́ς bŭbā́s	βῠβᾰ́ bŭbắ
Vocative		βῠβέ bŭbé	βῠβή bŭbḗ	βῠβόν bŭbón		βῠβώ bŭbṓ	βῠβᾱ́ bŭbā́	βῠβώ bŭbṓ		βῠβοί bŭboí	βῠβαί bŭbaí	βῠβᾰ́ bŭbắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βῠβῶς bŭbôs				βῠβώτερος bŭbṓteros				βῠβώτᾰτος bŭbṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βυβός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βυβός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: β