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βοεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: βοεύς

Structure: βοευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: bou=s

Sense

  1. a rope of ox-hide

Declension

Third declension

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

  • οὐδ’ οἵ γ’ ὅπλ’ ἔλυον κοίλην ἀνὰ νῆα μέλαιναν, οὐδ’ ἔλυον λαῖφοσ νηὸσ κυανοπρώροιο, ἀλλ’ ὡσ τὰ πρώτιστα κατεστήσαντο βοεῦσιν, ὣσ ἔπλεον· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, , <[Ei)\s A)po/llwna Pu/qion]> 27:7)
  • ἱστὸν δ’ εἰλάτινον κοίλησ ἔντοσθε μεσόδμησ στῆσαν ἀείραντεσ, κατὰ δὲ προτόνοισιν ἔδησαν, ἕλκον δ’ ἱστία λευκὰ ἐυστρέπτοισι βοεῦσιν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 47:9)

Synonyms

  1. a rope of ox-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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