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βούπρῳρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βούπρῳρος βούπρῳρᾱ βούπρῳρον

Structure: βουπρῳρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prw/ira

Sense

  1. with the face of an ox

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • μνηστὴρ γὰρ ἦν μοι ποταμόσ, Ἀχελῷον λέγω, ὅσ μ’ ἐν τρισὶν μορφαῖσιν ἐξῄτει πατρόσ, φοιτῶν ἐναργὴσ ταῦροσ, ἄλλοτ’ αἰόλοσ δράκων ἑλικτόσ, ἄλλοτ’ ἀνδρείῳ κύτει βούπρῳροσ· (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 1:3)
  • κεράμιόν τε γὰρ πωλοῦσι τιμῆσ, ὅσην οὐκ ἂν ἑκατόμβη βούπρῳροσ ἄλφοι κατακοπεῖσα. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 4, 10:14)
  • ὡσ Ἡρακλέουσ καταπολεμήσαντοσ τὸν Ἀχελῶον καὶ ἐνεγκαμένου τῆσ νίκησ ἆθλον τὸν Δηιανείρασ γάμον τῆσ Οἰνέωσ θυγατρόσ, ἣν πεποίηκε Σοφοκλῆσ τοιαῦτα λέγουσαν μνηστὴρ γὰρ ἦν μοι ποταμόσ, Ἀχελῶον λέγω, ὅσ μ’ ἐν τρισὶν μορφαῖσιν ἐξῄτει πατρόσ, φοιτῶν ἐναργὴσ ταῦροσ, ἄλλοτ’ αἰόλοσ δράκων ἑλικτόσ, ἄλλοτ’ ἀνδρείῳ κύτει βούπρῳροσ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 2 26:6)
  • οἱ δ’ εἰκάζοντεσ ἐξ αὐτῶν τἀληθὲσ ταύρῳ μὲν ἐοικότα λέγεσθαι τὸν Ἀχελῶόν φασι, καθάπερ καὶ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ ποταμούσ, ἀπό τε τῶν ἤχων καὶ τῶν κατὰ τὰ ῥεῖθρα καμπῶν, ἃσ καλοῦσι κέρατα, δράκοντι δὲ διὰ τὸ μῆκοσ καὶ τὴν σκολιότητα, βούπρῳρον δὲ διὰ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν δι’ ἣν καὶ ταυρωπόν· (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 2 26:8)

Synonyms

  1. with the face of an ox

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

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