Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • Ἀθηναίων βασιλεύοντοσ Ἐρεχθέωσ, τότε πρῶτον βοῦν ἔκτεινεν ὁ βουφόνοσ ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ τοῦ Πολιέωσ Διόσ· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 28 18:1)

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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