βάρος
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Βόρβορος· παρὰ τὸ βάρος βάρβαρος καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς ο βόρβορος· βόρβορος γὰρ λέγεται τὸ περίττωμα τῆς γαστρός· τοῦτο γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ κείμενον βάρος ἐμποιεῖ, ἢ παρὰ τὸ βορά, ὃ σημαίνει τὴν τροφήν, βόρος καὶ βόρβορος, ἡ ἐκ τῆς τροφῆς γεννηθεῖσα ὕλη
Translation (En)
Borboros "filth": from baros "weight", barbaros and by change of /a/ into /o/, borboros. Borboros is what the stomach has in excess: this, sitting in the human body, creates weight. Or from bora, which means "food", *boros and borboros, the material created out of food
Parallels
Etym. Gudianum, beta, p. 278 (Βόρβορος· παρὰ τὸ βάρος, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς ο βόρος, καὶ κατὰ ἀναδιπλασιασμὸν βόρβορος); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 205 (Βόρβορος: Παρὰ τὸ βάρος, βάρβαρος· καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς ο, βόρβορος. Βόρβορος γὰρ λέγεται τὸ περίττωμα τῆς γαστρός· τοῦτο γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ἄνω κείμενον βάρος ἐμποιεῖ. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ βορὰ, βορὸς, ἡ ἐκ τῆς βορᾶς κόπρος· διπλασιασμῷ καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ ρ, βόρβορος, ἡ ἐκ τῆς τροφῆς γεννηθεῖσα ὕλη); Etym. Symeonis, vol. 1, p. 466 Lasserre-Livadaras (idem); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, beta, p. 396 (Βόρβορος. [παρὰ τὸ βάρος βάρβαρος, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ α εἰς ο βόρβορος,] ὃ ἔστι τὸ περίττωμα τῆς γαστρός. [τοῦτο γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἄνω κείμενον βάρος ἐμποιεῖ. ἢ παρὰ τὸ βορὰ βορὸς καὶ βόρβορος,] ἡ ἐκ τῆς τροφῆς ὕλη)
Comment
Derivational etymology. The word is correctly analyzed as reduplicated, therefore the etymon was sought in the second syllable. The assumed etymon is βάρος "weight", which implies a change of the vowel /a/ to /o/. This relies on the observation that in man, a biped, the excrements accumulate downwards: the question of the applicability to quadrupeds with a "horizontal" digestive tract was not asked, or was explained in terms of a proper meaning (for man) and an extended meaning (for animals)