Ancient Greek Dictionary

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βούπαις

Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βούπαις βούπαιδος

Structure: βουπαιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: bou-, pai=s

Sense

  1. big boy
  2. (of bees) child of the ox (in allusion to the rite of būgonia)
  3. some type of fish
  4. herdsman

Declension

Singular Dual Plural
Nominative βούπαις βούπαιδε βούπαιδες
Genitive βούπαιδος βουπαίδοιν βουπαίδων
Dative βούπαιδι βουπαίδοιν βούπαισιν*
Accusative βούπαιδα βούπαιδε βούπαιδας
Vocative βούπαι βούπαιδε βούπαιδες

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

  • ὅτε τὸν δρομέα Φάυλλον ὢν βούπαισ ἔτι εἶλον διώκων λοιδορίασ ψήφοιν δυοῖν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode 1:28)
  • Ἐν καὶ Ἀπόλλων Φοῖβοσ ὀιστεύων ἐτέτυκτο, βούπαισ οὔπω πολλόσ, ἑὴν ἐρύοντα καλύπτρησ μητέρα θαρσαλέωσ Τιτυὸν μέγαν, ὅν ῥ’ ἔτεκέν γε δῖ’ Ἐλάρη, θρέψεν δὲ καὶ ἂψ ἐλοχεύσατο Γαῖα. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 14:8)
  • βούπαισ ὡπόλλων τόδε χάλκεον ἔργον Ὀνατᾶ, ἀγλαϊήσ Λητοῖ καὶ Διὶ μαρτυρίη, οὔθ’ ὅτι τῆσδε μάτην Ζεὺσ ἤρατο, χὤτι κατ’ αἶνον ὄμματα καὶ κεφαλὴν ἀγλαὸσ ὁ Κρονίδησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2381)

Synonyms

  1. child of the ox

  2. some type of fish

  3. herdsman

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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