βούβρωστις
βούβρωστις, ravenous hunger; famine, poverty
- ravenous appetite, Opp. H. 2.208, Call. Cer. 103, AP 11.379 (Agath.): famine, Epigr. Gr. 793.3: in Hom. only metaph., grinding poverty or misery, Il. 24.532 (but expld. by Sch. as = οἶστρος).
1 hambre devoradora
κακὰ β. ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖσι κάθηται
• fig. escasez, carestía
β. σαρκόβορος δεινή τε
2 quizá fig. penuria, miseria, Il.24.532 (explicado en Sch. como οἶστρος), Epic.Alex.Adesp.4.20, Hsch.
•Gener. interpr. como comp. de βου- < *gu̯ou- ‘buey’ y -βρωστις formado sobre el tema *brō- de
ἡ
[app. a compound of βοῦς.]
Explained as the insect that attacks cattle, the gadfly. By others connected with βι-βρώσκω and explained as ravenous hunger (taking βου- in an intensive sense. Cf. βουγάϊος) Il. 24.532.
- eating enormously: metaph. grinding poverty or misery, Il.