βομβ-έω,
(βόμβος) make a booming noise; in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] always of falling bodies, τρυφάλεια χαμαὶ βόμβησε πεσοῦσα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.530 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰχμὴ χαλκείη χαμάδις βόμβ. πες[[. 16.118, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.397 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; βόμβησαν.. κατὰ ῥόον the oars fell with a loud noise.., [[ 12.204 ] Refs]; βόμβησεν δὲ λίθος the stone flew humming through the air, [[ 8.190 ] Refs]; of the sea, roar, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of thunder, roll, rumble, [[ 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 1.301 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]; hum, of bees, etc., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 535b6, 627a24, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 564d; βομβεῖ δὲ νεκρῶν σμῆνος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 879 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of mosquitoes, buzz, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 538 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of birds, λιγυρὸν βομβεῦσιν ἀκανθίδες [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 5.291 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus)] Refs 6th c.AD+]: generally of sound, buzz in one's ears, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 54d; but ὦτα βομβεῖ μοι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 9.2: with _dative_ _instrumental_, κόχλῳ β. 4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 36.93. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]