buprestis

Latin

noun

Definitions

a beetle, which being eaten with the grass caused a swelling in cattle
a kind of plant, perhaps Bupleurum rotundifolium, thought by some to be an aphrodisiac

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek βούπρηστις, βοῦς (ox, cow, cattle, ox cow) + Ancient Greek πρήθω (inflame, inflate, I burn).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πρήθω

Gloss

inflame, inflate, I burn

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Cognates and derived terms

Bucephalus English
bulimia English
buphthalmos English
bugonia Latin
bupaes Latin
corvus Latin
Bukephalosz Hungarian
Βουγονία Ancient Greek
Βουκέφαλος Ancient Greek
Βουκεφάλας Ancient Greek
Πόλυβος Ancient Greek
βοάνθεμον Ancient Greek
βουδάκη Ancient Greek
βουκράνιον Ancient Greek
βουλάπαθον Ancient Greek
βουμελία Ancient Greek
βουπόρος Ancient Greek
βουσέλινον Ancient Greek
βούγλωσσον Ancient Greek
βούκερας Ancient Greek
βούλιμος Ancient Greek
βούπαις Ancient Greek
βούπλευρος Ancient Greek
βούπρηστις Ancient Greek
βούτομον Ancient Greek
βούτραγος Ancient Greek
βούτυρον Ancient Greek
βούτυρος Ancient Greek
βούφθαλμον Ancient Greek
βοῦς Ancient Greek
βοῶπις Ancient Greek
βόϊνος Ancient Greek
πρήθω Ancient Greek
ὀφθαλμός Ancient Greek
βοΐδιον grc-koi
*gʷous Proto-Hellenic