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βοάγριον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: βοάγριον

Structure: βοαγρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: From bo/agros

Sense

  1. a shield of wild bull's hide

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative βοάγριον βοαγρίω βοάγρια
Genitive βοαγρίου βοαγρίοιν βοαγρίων
Dative βοαγρίῳ βοαγρίοιν βοαγρίοις
Accusative βοάγριον βοαγρίω βοάγρια
Vocative βοάγριον βοαγρίω βοάγρια

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τίσ θέτο μαρμαίροντα βοάγρια; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3231)
  • " "νῶϊν δ’ οἰοίσιν δύο φάσγανα καὶ δύο δοῦρε καλλιπέειν καὶ δοιὰ βοάγρια χερσὶν ἑλέσθαι, ὡσ ἂν ἐπιθύσαντεσ ἑλοίμεθα· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 16 33:4)
  • ὅσσοι ἀπ’ Ἰδαίων ὀρέων ἅλα δὲ προρέουσι, Ῥῆσόσ θ’ Ἑπτάπορόσ τε Κάρησόσ τε Ῥοδίοσ τε Γρήνικόσ τε καὶ Αἴσηποσ δῖόσ τε Σκάμανδροσ καὶ Σιμόεισ, ὅθι πολλὰ βοάγρια καὶ τρυφάλειαι κάππεσον ἐν κονίῃσι καὶ ἡμιθέων γένοσ ἀνδρῶν· (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 2:10)

Synonyms

  1. a shield of wild bull's hide

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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