βουβάλιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βουβάλιος (boubálios)

Etymology

From βούβαλος (boúbalos, buffalo) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βουβᾰ́λῐον • (boubálion) n (genitive βουβᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

  1. squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
    Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), ἐλατήριον n (elatḗrion), νότιον n (nótion), φέρομβρον n (phérombron), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), σκόρπιον n (skórpion)
  2. (in the plural) kind of bracelet

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