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βοῦς

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βοῦς βοός

Structure: βου (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. cow, ox, cattle
  2. shield

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative βοῦς βόε βόες
Genitive βοός βοοῖν βοῶν
Dative βοί̈ βοοῖν βουσί
Accusative βοῦν βόε βοῦς
Vocative βοῦ βόε βόες

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

  • βόε δ’ ἐνναετήρω ἄρσενε κεκτῆσθαι, τῶν γὰρ σθένοσ οὐκ ἀλαπαδνόν, ἥβησ μέτρον ἔχοντε· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:15)
  • βόε δὸσ καὶ ἄμαξαν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 51:6)
  • αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα δμῶασ ἀναψῦξαι φίλα γούνατα καὶ βόε λῦσαι. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 66:7)
  • ἐπετρίβην ἀπολέσασ τὼ βόε. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics7)
  • ἀπόλωλα τὠφθαλμὼ δακρύων τὼ βόε. (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Lyric-Scene, iambics13)

Synonyms

  1. shield

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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