Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βουκέφαλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βουκέφαλος

Structure: βουκεφαλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: kefalh/

Sense

  1. bull-headed

Examples

  • ἐνέμοντο δὲ αὐτὴν ἄνθρωποι ἄγριοι, Βουκέφαλοι, κέρατα ἔχοντεσ, οἱο͂ν παρ’ ἡμῖν τὸν Μινώταυρον ἀναπλάττουσιν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 44:2)

Synonyms

  1. bull-headed

    • φι (of the head.)

Related

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

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