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Headword: *bde/nnusqai
Adler number: beta,207
Translated headword: to vomit
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
It means to empty out the stomach,[1] not to break wind. It[2] is also used as a local expression right up until the present; for we say bde/ei ["he/she/it farts"].
Greek Original:
*bde/nnusqai: e)kkenou=sqai th\n koili/an shmai/nei, ou) to\ pe/rdesqai. o(\ kai\ e)pixwria/zei me/xri tou= nu=n: bde/ei ga\r le/gomen.
Notes:
The headword verb is attested only in lexicography.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica.
[2] This second sentence does not occur in mss F and V (or in the corresponding entry in ps.-Zonaras).
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; medicine
Translated by: Craig Gibson on 28 July 2002@15:42:47.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (augmented note, added keyword) on 29 July 2002@00:33:28.
David Whitehead (modified note; cosmetics) on 29 July 2002@03:18:42.
David Whitehead (more notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 24 May 2012@03:30:38.

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