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|Full diacritics=βου
|Medium diacritics=βου-
|Low diacritics=βου-
|Capitals=ΒΟΥ-
|Transliteration A=bou-
|Transliteration B=bou-
|Transliteration C=vou-
|Beta Code=bou
|Definition=prefix used in compos. (cf. [[βουγάϊος]], etc.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[huge]], [[monstrous]]. (From [[βοῦς]], cf. <b class="b3">ἵππο-</b>.)</span>
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|lstext='''βου-''': συχνὸν ἐν συνθέσ. πρὸς ἔκφρασιν καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν μεγάλου τινὸς ἢ τερατώδους πράγματος, π.χ. [[βούλιμος]], [[βούπαις]], βουγάιος, [[βουφάγος]], [[βουχανδής]]. Ἀναμφιβόλως [[εἶναι]] [[τύπος]] τις τῆς λέξεως [[βοῦς]], [[ἐπειδὴ]] εὑρίσκομεν σύνθετα καὶ ἐκ τοῦ [[ἵππος]], ὡς τὰ ἀγγ. horse-laugh, horse-chesnut, horse-radish, κτλ.
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|dgtxt=prefijo de composición que confiere valor aumentativo τὸ γὰρ βου προτασσόμενον τὸ μέγα δηλοῖ Seleuc.<i>Fr</i>.2, cf. Hsch.
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{{mdlsj
|mdlsjtxt=[from [[βοῦς]], cf. [[ἵππος]] IV.]<br />prefix often used in [[compos]]. to [[express]] [[something]] [[huge]] and [[monstrous]], e. g. [[βούπαις]], [[βουγάϊος]].
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