βούπρηστις

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πλέων επί οίνοπα πόντον επ' αλλοθρόους ανθρώπους → while sailing over the wine-dark sea to men of strange speech

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Transliteration A: boúprēstis Transliteration B: bouprēstis Transliteration C: voypristis Beta Code: bou/prhstis

English (LSJ)

ιδος or εως, ἡ, (πρήθω)

   A poisonous beetle, which being eaten by cattle in the grass causes them to swell up and die, Hp.Nat.Mul. 32, Arist.Fr.376, Nic.Al.346, Dsc.2.61.    II hare's ear, Bupleurum protractum, Thphr.HP7.7.3.