βομβέω

βομβ-έω, (βόμβος)

• make a booming noise; in Hom. always of falling bodies, τρυφάλεια χαμαὶ βόμβησε πεσοῦσα Il. 13.530; αἰχμὴ χαλκείη χαμάδις βόμβ. πες. 16.118, cf. Od. 18.397; βόμβησαν . . κατὰ ῥόον the oars fell with a loud noise . ., 12.204; βόμβησεν δὲ λίθος the stone flew humming through the air, 8.190; of the sea, roar, Simon. 1; of thunder, roll, rumble, Nonn. D. 1.301; hum, of bees, etc., Arist. HA 535b6, 627a24, Theoc. 3.13, Pl. R. 564d; βομβεῖ δὲ νεκρῶν σμῆνος S. Fr. 879; of mosquitoes, buzz, Ar. Pl. 538; of birds, λιγυρὸν βομβεῦσιν ἀκανθίδες AP 5.291 (Agath.): generally of sound, buzz in oneʼs ears, Pl. Cri. 54d; but ὦτα βομβεῖ μοι Luc. DMeretr. 9.2: c. dat. instr., κόχλῳ β. Nonn. D. 36.93.

βομβέω, tief, dumpf tönen, bei Hom. von Dingen, die auf die Erde fallen, αἰχμή Il. 16.118 ; αὐλῶπις τρυφάλεια 13.530 ; λίθος Od. 8.190 ; πρόχοος 18.397 ; vom Meere 12.204 ; Simonid. 2 ; summen, von Bienen, Arist. H.A. 4.9 ; vgl. Plat. Rep. VIII.564d ; ἀκανθίδες Agath. 25 (V.292); komisch, ψύλλαι Ar. Plut. 538 ; vom Donner, Nonn. D. 1.301 ; übh. erklingen, Plat. Crat. 54d ; τὰ ὦτα βομβεῖτινι Luc. D.Mer. 9.3.

βομβέω

[imitative] To make a resounding, clanging or clashing noise Il. 13.530, Il. 16.118: Od. 12.204 (the oars knocked against each other in the wash of the sea as they hung by the τροποί), Od. 18.397.

Of the whizzing flight of a quoit Od. 8.190.

βομβέω : of sounds that ring in the ears, hum; of a quoit whizzing through the air, Od. 8.190; of oars dragging and ‘rustling’ in the water, Od. 12.204.

βομβέω βόμβος

• to make a booming, humming noise, to sound deep or hollow, Hom.; βόμβησαν κατὰ ῥόον the oars fell with a loud noise down into the tide, Od.; βόμβησεν λίθος the stone flew humming through the air, Od.:—of bees, to hum, Theocr.; of mosquitoes, to buzz, Ar.