- βούβρωστις
- βούβρωστιςGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `ravenous appetite' (Ω 532), also personified as goddess (like Πενία).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]Etymology: The meaning is not quite certain. `Hunger' does not fit too well in Homer, and the ancients interpret οἶστρος `gadfly'. Seems to have an augmentative βου- (Schwyzer 434) like (the synonyms?) βούλιμος, βούπεινα, with a second element to βιβρώσκω; after νῆστις (Risch 35), but as an agent noun (as in ἄμπωτις, s. v.).Page in Frisk: 1,256
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.