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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same source of βυνέω (bunéō, “to stuff, cram”) and βυζόν (buzón, “close, compact”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /býz.dɛːn/ → /ˈβy.zin/ → /ˈvi.zin/
Adverb
βύζην • (búzēn)
- close pressed, closely
Further reading
- “βύζην”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βύζην”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βύζην in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βύζην in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN