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βουφόνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βουφόνος

Structure: βουφον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Fe/nw

Sense

  1. ox-slaying, ox-offering
  2. at or for which steers are slain

Examples

  • μηδάμ’ ὁ πάντα νέμων θεῖτ’ ἐμᾷ γνώμᾳ κράτοσ ἀντίπαλον Ζεύσ, μηδ’ ἐλινύσαιμι θεοὺσ ὁσίαισ θοίναισ ποτινισομένα βουφόνοισ παρ’ Ὠκεανοῦ πατρὸσ ἄσβεστον πόρον, μηδ’ ἀλίτοιμι λόγοισ· (Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, choral, strophe 11)

Synonyms

  1. at or for which steers are slain

Related

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

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