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βουκαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βουκαῖος βουκαῖη βουκαῖον

Structure: βουκαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: bou=kos

Sense

  1. cowherd

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative βουκαῖος βουκαί͂ᾱ βουκαῖον
Genitive βουκαίου βουκαί͂ᾱς βουκαίου
Dative βουκαίῳ βουκαί͂ᾱͅ βουκαίῳ
Accusative βουκαῖον βουκαί͂ᾱν βουκαῖον
Vocative βουκαῖε βουκαί͂ᾱ βουκαῖον
DualN/A/V βουκαίω βουκαί͂ᾱ βουκαίω
G/D βουκαίοιν βουκαί͂αιν βουκαίοιν
PluralNominative βουκαῖοι βουκαῖ͂αι βουκαῖα
Genitive βουκαίων βουκαῖῶν βουκαίων
Dative βουκαίοις βουκαί͂αις βουκαίοις
Accusative βουκαίους βουκαί͂ᾱς βουκαῖα
Vocative βουκαῖοι βουκαῖ͂αι βουκαῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective βουκαῖος βουκαίου βουκαιότερος βουκαιοτέρου βουκαιότατος βουκαιοτάτου
Adverb βουκαίως βουκαιότερον βουκαιότατα

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

  • Ἐργατίνα βουκαῖε, τί νῦν ᾦζυρὲ πεπόνθεισ; (Theocritus, Idylls, 1)
  • Ταῦτα χρὴ μοχθεῦντασ ἐν ἁλίῳ ἄνδρασ ἀείδειν, τὸν δὲ τεὸν βουκαῖε πρέπει λιμηρὸν ἔρωτα μυθίσδεν τᾷ ματρὶ κατ’ εὐνὰν ὀρθρευοίσᾳ. (Theocritus, Idylls, 51)

Similar forms

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

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