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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

  • τὸν δὲ Σπερχειὸν ἀλλάξαι τὸ ῥεῖθρον καὶ ποιῆσαι πλωτὰσ τὰσ ὁδούσ, τὸν δὲ Βοάγριον κατ’ ἄλλησ ἐνεχθῆναι φάραγγοσ, καὶ Ἀλόπησ δὲ καὶ Κύνου καὶ Ὀποῦντοσ πολλὰ καταβλαβῆναι μέρη, Οἰο͂ν δὲ τὸ ὑπερκείμενον φρούριον πᾶν ἀνατραπῆναι, Ἐλατείασ δὲ τοῦ τείχουσ καταρραγῆναι μέροσ, περὶ δὲ Ἄλπωνον θεσμοφορίων ὄντων πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι παρθένουσ ἀναδραμούσασ εἰσ πύργον τῶν ἐλλιμενίων κατὰ θέαν, πεσόντοσ τοῦ πύργου, πεσεῖν καὶ αὐτὰσ εἰσ τὴν θάλατταν. (Strabo, Geography, book 1, chapter 3 40:6)

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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