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βούβαλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βούβαλος βουβάλου

Structure: βουβαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. A species of antelope, possibly the bubal hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus
  2. The buffalo

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative βούβαλος βουβάλω βούβαλοι
Genitive βουβάλου βουβάλοιν βουβάλων
Dative βουβάλῳ βουβάλοιν βουβάλοις
Accusative βούβαλον βουβάλω βουβάλους
Vocative βούβαλε βουβάλω βούβαλοι

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

  • γίνονται δὲ καὶ τραγέλαφοι καὶ βούβαλοι καὶ ἄλλα πλείω γένη δίμορφα ζῴων καὶ τὴν σύνθεσιν ἐκ τῶν πλεῖστον τὴν φύσιν κεχωρισμένων ἔχοντα, περὶ ὧν τὰ κατὰ μέροσ μακρὸν ἂν εἰή γράφειν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 51 2:1)

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