βομβέω

to make a booming, humming noise, to sound deep or hollow , (Homer); βόμβησαν κατὰ ῥόον the oars fell with a loud noise down into the tide, (Odyssey by Homer); βόμβησεν λίθος the stone flew humming through the air, (Odyssey by Homer):—;of bees, to hum , (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus); of mosquitoes, to buzz , (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)