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βούπαις?

Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration: boupais

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 βούπαισι(ν)
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

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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