Βαυβώ

proper noun (feminine personal name... proper noun (feminine personal name)

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Definition

Baubo (Βαυβώ) is a mythic Eleusinian woman who consoles Demeter by a bawdy, comic gesture; the name has come to symbolize bawdy humor or obscene jokes.

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Grammatical Analysis

"Βαυβώ"

Case: nominative_or_vocative

Number: singular

Gender: feminine

Declension: 3rd (Attic, with -ω ending; indeclinable or only weakly inflected in practice)

Related Forms of Βαυβώ

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Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

Βαυβω nominative_or_vocative, singular, feminine

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