Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Beekes, in view of the alternations and the suffix -ιτον, the word is probably Pre-Greek. Compare also βόλιτον (bóliton, cow dung). Close to Proto-Albanian *balgā (dung) (Albanian bajgë), which may be from the same substratum, but would point to Proto-Indo-European *bolgʷ- if inherited.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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βόλβῐτον (bólbitonn (genitive βολβῐ́του); second declension

  1. cowpie, dung

Inflection

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Derived terms

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