βολβός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

    The form of the word is expressive, with a kind of reduplication. There are no direct relatives and it is reminiscent of words for round and globular objects, like Latin bulla (water bubble) and Latvian burbulis (water bubble). Further, similar to Armenian բողկ (boġk, radish), Sanskrit बल्बज (balbaja, Indian goosegrass), and Albanian bajgë.

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    βολβός (bolbósm (genitive βολβοῦ); second declension

    1. (botany) bulb of various plants, especially onion
    2. tassel hyacinth (Muscari comosum)
      Synonym: ἀγριοκρόμμυον (agriokrómmuon)
    3. (anatomy) eyeball

    Inflection

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Greek: βολβός (volvós)
    • Latin: bulbus (see there for further descendants)

    Further reading

    Greek

    Etymology

    From Ancient Greek βολβός (bolbós).

    Noun

    βολβός (volvósm (plural βολβοί)

    1. bulb (daffodil, crocus, etc)
    2. bulb (swollen root of these plants)

    Declension