"βαυβών" meaning in Ancient Greek

See βαυβών in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bau̯.bɔ̌ːn/, /βaβˈβon/, /vavˈvon/, /bau̯.bɔ̌ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /bawˈbon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /βaβˈβon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /vavˈvon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /vavˈvon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: According to Beekes, from the same onomatopoeic root of βαυβάω (baubáō, “to sleep”) and βαυβώ (baubṓ, “nurse of Demeter”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|βαυβῶνος|m|third}} βαυβών • (baubṓn) m (genitive βαυβῶνος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βαυβών|βαυβῶνος}} Forms: baubṓn [romanization], βαυβῶνος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ βαυβών [nominative, singular], βαυβῶνε [dual, nominative], οἱ βαυβῶνες [nominative, plural], τοῦ βαυβῶνος [genitive, singular], βαυβώνοιν [dual, genitive], βαυβώνων [genitive, plural], τῷ βαυβῶνῐ [dative, singular], βαυβώνοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς βαυβῶσῐ [dative, plural], βαυβῶσῐν [dative, plural], toîs baubôsĭ [dative, plural], toîs baubôsĭn [dative, plural], τὸν βαυβῶνᾰ [accusative, singular], βαυβῶνε [accusative, dual], τοὺς βαυβῶνᾰς [accusative, plural], βαυβών [singular, vocative], βαυβῶνε [dual, vocative], βαυβῶνες [plural, vocative]
  1. dildo, leathern penis Synonyms: ὄλισβος
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      "form": "βαυβώνοιν",
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      "form": "βαυβώνων",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τῷ βαυβῶνῐ",
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      ]
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      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βαυβῶσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs baubôsĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs baubôsĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν βαυβῶνᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn baubônă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βαυβῶνε",
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      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βαυβών",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βαυβῶνε",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βαυβῶνες",
      "roman": "baubônes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/bau̯.bɔ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βaβˈβon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vavˈvon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bau̯.bɔ̌ːn/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bawˈbon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βaβˈβon/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vavˈvon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vavˈvon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ὁ βαυβών",
      "roman": "ho baubṓn",
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "βαυβῶνε",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "οἱ βαυβῶνες",
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      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ βαυβῶνος",
      "roman": "toû baubônos",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "βαυβώνοιν",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βαυβώνων",
      "roman": "baubṓnōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ βαυβῶνῐ",
      "roman": "tôi baubônĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βαυβώνοιν",
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    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς βαυβῶσῐ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βαυβῶσῐν",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "toîs baubôsĭ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "toîs baubôsĭn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν βαυβῶνᾰ",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοὺς βαυβῶνᾰς",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "βαυβών",
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      "form": "βαυβῶνε",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "βαυβῶνες",
      "roman": "baubônes",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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        ]
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bau̯.bɔ̌ːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βaβˈβon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vavˈvon/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bau̯.bɔ̌ːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
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      "ipa": "/bawˈbon/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βaβˈβon/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vavˈvon/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vavˈvon/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βαυβών"
}

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