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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

  • αὐτὸσ δὲ μετὰ τῶν βοῶν διὰ τῆσ μεσογείου διεξιών, καὶ τῶν ἐγχωρίων Σικανῶν μεγάλαισ δυνάμεσιν ἀντιταξαμένων, ἐνίκησεν ἐπιφανεῖ παρατάξει καὶ πολλοὺσ ἀπέκτεινεν, ἐν οἷσ μυθολογοῦσί τινεσ καὶ στρατηγοὺσ ἐπιφανεῖσ γεγενῆσθαι τοὺσ μέχρι τοῦ νῦν ἡρωικῆσ τιμῆσ τυγχάνοντασ, Λεύκασπιν καὶ Πεδιακράτην καὶ Βουφόναν καὶ Γλυχάταν, ἔτι δὲ Βυταίαν καὶ Κρυτίδαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 23 5:1)

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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