βούβρωστις

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ἔργοισι χρηστός, οὐ λόγοις ἔφυν μόνον → a friend in deeds, and not in words alone

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Transliteration A: boúbrōstis Transliteration B: boubrōstis Transliteration C: voyvrostis Beta Code: bou/brwstis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A ravenous appetite, Opp.H.2.208, Call. Cer.103, AP11.379 (Agath.): famine, Epigr. Gr.793.3: in Hom. only metaph., grinding poverty or misery, Il.24.532 (but expld. by Sch. as = οἶστρος).