βουβάλιον
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
German (Pape)
[Seite 455] τό, 1) cunnus, Hesych.; Mein. conj., für μόριον, κοσμάριον, also = vor. – 2) eine wilde Gurkenart, Hippocr.
Spanish (DGE)
-ου, τό
• Alolema(s): βουβάλιος, ὁ Hp. en Gal.19.89
• Prosodia: [-ᾰ-]
1 bot. cohombrillo amargo, pepinillo del diablo, Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich., Hp.l.c., Ps.Dsc.4.150, Hsch.
2 gener. plu., un tipo de brazalete o ajorca que lleva una cabeza de antílope, Nicostr.Com.32, βουβάλια καρπῶν Diph.58, ἐρωτίων καὶ βουβαλίων ζεῦγος IG 11(2).161B.118 (Delos III a.C.), cf. Poll.5.99, Lib.Decl.32.30, Hsch., EM 206.16G.
• Etimología: Parece un comp. popular de βου- y βάλλω.
