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Headword:
*bombei=
Adler number: beta,372
Translated headword: buzzes
Vetting Status: high
Translation: ["Buzzes"] and "buzzes around". Simocatta [writes]: "but as it [sc. the substance of the account] buzzed more clearly around the Persian [force], the enemy was infuriated."[1]
"Buzz" [is] the sound of bees. "Buzz", a certain sound.[2]
Greek Original:*bombei= kai\ *peribombei=. *simoka/ths: w(s de\ to\ *persiko\n periebo/mbei trane/steron, paredrimu/tteto to\ pole/mion. *bo/mbos de\ o( h)=xos tw=n melissw=n. bo/mbos, yo/fos tis.
Notes:
The twin headwords, present tense, must be extracted from somewhere (other than the quotation given, which has the imperfect of the compound verb).
[1] Theophylact Simocatta [
sigma 435],
Histories 2.2.1; on the reaction of Persian troops, upon learning of informants' reports that the Roman army had established a secure defensive position nearby (spring of 586); cf. de Boor (72), Whitby (45).
[2] Likewise or similarly, variously, in other lexica.
C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; history; imagery; military affairs; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 3 June 2003@23:54:37.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added x-ref and keywords) on 4 June 2003@04:02:54.
David Whitehead (internal rearrangement; augmented notes and keywords) on 31 May 2012@07:36:13.
David Whitehead on 21 September 2015@07:36:34.
Ronald Allen (tweaked translation after discussion with Catharine Roth) on 4 February 2025@11:37:37.
Ronald Allen (expanded n.1, added bibliography) on 5 February 2025@11:27:56.
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