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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

  • τῶν δὲ Κενταύρων οἱ μὲν πεύκασ αὐτορρίζουσ ἔχοντεσ ἐπῇσαν, οἱ δὲ πέτρασ μεγάλασ, τινὲσ δὲ λαμπάδασ ἡμμένασ, ἕτεροι δὲ βουφόνουσ πελέκεισ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 12 5:3)

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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