βδέω

A. βδέσα AP 11.242 (Nicarch.); later ἔβδευσα Hierocl. Facet. 233, al.:—break wind, Ar. Pl. 693, Pax 151, etc.: c. acc. cogn., οὐ λιβανωτὸν βδέω Id. Pl. 703:—Med. or Pass., Id. Eq. 900.

2. of the cockroach, σίλφης κατοικιδίου τῆς βδεούσης τὸ στέαρ Archig. ap. Aët. 8.35, cf. Gal. 12.861. (Onomatopoeic word: root bzd, cf. Czech bzditi, Slov. pezdēti, Lat. pēdo.)