βομβέω

bombeo

make a booming noise

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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Book VIII 1
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564d10
Book IX 1
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573a4
Crito 1
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54d4

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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