βυζόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to βυνέω (bunéō, “to stuff, cram”) and βύζην (búzēn, “closely, close pressed”). Pokorny derives it from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to blow up, swell”) (Proto-Slavic *bujьnъ, Albanian mbush), but Beekes rejects this due to variance between initial p- and b- in the cognates he collects.

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

βυζόν • (buzón)

  1. Hesychius gives the definition as: πυκνόν (puknón, “close, compact”), συνετόν (sunetón, “intelligent, wise”), γαῦρον (gaûron, “haughty”), μέγα (méga, “big”).

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