βούβρωστις

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COMPOUND: βούβρωστις, -εως
CATEGORIZATION: N [N+V+Suf]
MEANING:  ‘ravenous appetite, famine’, in Hom. only metaph., ‘grinding poverty or misery’
ETYMOLOGY: noun root βου- (βοῦς, βοός) ‘bull, cow, cattle’ + verbal root βρώ- (βιβρώσκω) ‘eat’ + n. suf. -στις
OCCURRENCE: Il. XXIV, 532.
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric (right headed)
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – karmadhāraya
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