βομβέω

bombeo

make a booming noise

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book IV 2
Chapter 9 535a27–536b23

535b6

Chapter 10 536b24–537b21

537b9
Book IX 2
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

627a24

Chapter 41 627b23–628b31

628b20
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 15 474b25–475b14

475a5
On Sleep 1
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Chapter 2 455a4–456a29

456a18

Dictionary (LSJ)

βομβέω, (βόμβος) A. make a booming noise; in Hom. always of falling bodies, τρυφάλεια χαμαὶ βόμβησε πεσοῦσα Il. 13.530; αἰχμὴ χαλκείη χαμάδις βόμβ. πες. 16.118, cf. Od. 18.397; βόμβησαν . . κατὰ ῥόον the oars fell with a loud noise . . , 12.204; βόμβησεν δὲ λίθος the stone flew humming through the air, 8.190; of the sea, roar, Simon. 1; of thunder, roll, rumble, Nonn. D. 1.301; hum, of bees, etc., Arist. HA 535b6, 627a24, Theoc. 3.13, Pl. R. 564d; βομβεῖ δὲ νεκρῶν σμῆνος S. Fr. 879; of mosquitoes, buzz, Ar. Pl. 538; of birds, λιγυρὸν βομβεῦσιν ἀκανθίδες AP 5.291 (Agath.): generally of sound, buzz in oneʼs ears, Pl. Cri. 54d; but ὦτα βομβεῖ μοι Luc. DMeretr. 9.2: c. dat. instr., κόχλῳ β. Nonn. D. 36.93.

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