Borboros denotes the filthy substance in which the washed sow returns to wallow.

The attested use places borboros in the image of a washed sow returning to wallow in a filthy substance.

1. Filth returned to for wallowing · dominant

   In 2 Peter 2:22, the genitive singular masculine form occurs in the clause about a sow that, after washing herself, returns to wallow; the APB renders the scene as returning to wallow “in the mire.”

   2 Peter 2:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Peter 2:22, the APB presents the clause with “in the mire.” This rendering confirms the scene without isolating the term beyond the clause.