- βουβάλιον 2
- βουβάλιον 2.Grammatical information: n.Meaning: `wild cucumber, ἄγριος σικυός (Ps. Diosc., Hp. ap. H.)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Explained from the pref. βου- (s.v.) and βάλλω, as the ripe fruit falls upon touch with an explosion; André, Études class. 24 (1956) 40-2. But this looks like folketymology; the structure of the word is strange.As a plant, rather Pre-Gr.
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.