βολβός: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[onion; purse-tassels]], [[Muscari comosum]] (Att., Arist.).<br />Derivatives: [[βολβίον]] (Hp.), [[βολβάριον]] (Epict.), [[βολβίσκος]] (AP) [[small onion]]. - From [[βολβός]] the plant [[βολβίνη]] (Thphr., s. Strömberg Theophrastea 86). - On the fishnames [[βολβίδιον]], [[βολβίτιον]], [[βολβιτίνη]] see [[βόλβιτον]]; also [[βολβῖτις]], [[βολβιτίς]]. See Thompson Fishes 33; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 174 A. 1; Redard Noms grecs en <b class="b3">-της</b> 85. -<br />Origin: ONOM [onomatopoia, and other elementary formations]<br />Etymology: The form of the word is expressive, soundsymbolic, with a kind of reduplication. No direct relatives. Reminds of words for round, globular objects, like Lat. [[bulla]] [[waterbubble]], <b class="b3">βυλλά βεβυσμένα</b> H., Lith. <b class="b2">bur̃bulas</b> [[waterbubble]] etc., cf. [[βομβυλίς]] s. [[βόμβος]]; Arm. [[boɫk]] [[radish]] (Skt. [[bálba-ja-</b> m. kind of grass]], [[[[Eleusine indica]], orig. [[balba-born]] is less adequate); cf. Pok. 103; W.-Hofmann s. [[bulbus]]. Cf. [[βῶλος]]. (Lat. [[bulbus]] is a LW [loanword]).