bilbo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

bilbo, ĕre, v. n. [onomatop.],

to make a noise like that of a liquid agitated in a vessel : bilbit factum est a similitudine sonitus, qui fit in vase. Naevius Bilbit amphora inquit, Paul. ex Fest. p. 34 Müll. (Com. Trag. v. 124 Rib.): bilbit βομβύζει, Gloss.

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