βούβρωστις

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Ὁπόσον τῷ ποδὶ περρέχει τᾶς γᾶς, τοῦτο χάρις → Every inch of his stature is grace

Theocritus, Idylls, 30.3
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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).

German (Pape)

[Seite 455] εως, ἡ, Heißhunger, großer Hunger, große Noth, Elend, Hom. einmal, Iliad. 24, 532 vom Unglücklichen καί ἑ κακὴ βούβρωστις ἐπὶ χθόνα δῖαν ἐλαύνει; sp. D., wie Nic. Fh. 785; Opp. H. 2, 208; Agath. 74 (XI, 379).