βύω
buō
- to plug
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Glosses: to plug
1. to stuff ,
2. with genitive rei, to stuff full of , only in Pass. νήματος βεβυσμένος stuffed full of spun-work or yarn, (Odyssey by Homer); τὸ στόμα ἐβέβυστο [i.e. χρυσοῦ] (Herdotus Historicus)
3. with dative rei, to stop or bung up with, plug : Pass. σπογγίωι βεβυσμένος (Aristophanes Comicus)
4. absolute, βεβ. τὰ ὦτα deaf , (Lucian) (ML)