The source is uncertain, but it is likely related to aúo (αὔω, 'to shout, to call').[5] It is also speculated that it denotes a large Mediterranean sea-cow.[6] Additionally, it is also coincidentally the
Aiolic variation of the
Doric word hébe (ἥβη, 'youth').[7]
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