βήσσω

besso

cough

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

βήσσω, Att. βήττω, fut. βήξω Hp. Mul. 1.41: aor. ἔβηξα Hdt. 6.107, Hp. Prog. 8: (βήξ):—Α. cough, ll.cc., Ar. Ec. 56, etc.:—Med. in act. sense, Hp. Morb. 2.52:—Pass., τὰ βησσόμενα Id. Epid. 1.3.
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