μεγάβυξος
μεγάβυξος, Bagabukhša
μεγά-βυξος, ὁ,
- a Persian pr. n. (Hdt. 3.70, al.) and later title of generals and priests, Bagabukhša, lit. ‘set free by God’, Hdt. 3.153, al., SIG 282.2 (Priene, iv B.C.), X. An. 5.3.6, Str. 14.1.23, App. BC 5.9, Hsch., etc.:—hence μεγα-βύξειοι λόγοι, boastings, Id. (Usu. -βυζ- in codd., as Str., App., and Hsch. ll.cc., but -βυξ- in SIG l.c., v.l. in Hdt. 3.153, 160, al., -bux- Quint. 5.12.21 codd., -byx- Plin. HN 35.93 codd. opt.)