βούβρωστις

A. ravenous appetite, Opp. H. 2.208, Call. Cer. 103, AP 11.379 (Agath.): famine, Epigr. Gr. 793.3: in Hom. only metaph., grinding poverty or misery, Il. 24.532 (but expld. by Sch. as = οἶστρος).