- βηχός
- βήξ, βηχόςGrammatical information: m. f.Meaning: `coughing' (Th.).Other forms: also βηκός, s. Schulze Kl. Schr. 703)Derivatives: Demin. βηχίον, also a plant `colt's-foot, (Hustenkraut), Tussilago farfara', as medicine against coughing (Lehmann KZ 41, 94, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 8 5f.). Denomin. βήσσω, βήξω, ἔβηξα.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The root noun βήξ denotes the illness as active (though not necessarily as a demon, Radermacher WienAkSb 202, 1 S. 10 A. 2). Fur. 128 notes βήκιον and πήχιον as variants and concludes (hard to escape) to Pre-Gr.; hardly IE (Eng. cough) with Pisani Arch. glott. it 53 (1968) 63f. Ultimately onomatopoetic?.Page in Frisk: 1,233-234
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