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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

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

  • καὶ Λὼτ τῷ συμπορευομένῳ μετὰ Ἅβραμ ἦν πρόβατα καὶ βόεσ καὶ σκηναί. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:5)
  • καὶ ἐπλούτισεν ὁ ἄνθρωποσ σφόδρα σφόδρα, καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ κτήνη πολλὰ καὶ βόεσ καὶ παῖδεσ, καὶ παιδίσκαι καὶ κάμηλοι καὶ ὄνοι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 30:43)
  • καὶ ἐγένοντό μοι βόεσ καὶ ὄνοι καὶ πρόβατα καὶ παῖδεσ καὶ παιδίσκαι, καὶ ἀπέστειλα ἀναγγεῖλαι τῷ κυρίῳ μου Ἡσαῦ, ἵνα εὕρῃ ὁ παῖσ σου χάριν ἐναντίον σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:5)
  • εἶπε δὲ αὐτῷ. ὁ κύριόσ μου γινώσκει, ὅτι τὰ παιδία ἁπαλώτερα καὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ αἱ βόεσ λοχεύονται ἐπ̓ ἐμέ. ἐὰν οὖν καταδιώξω αὐτὰ ἡμέραν μίαν, ἀποθανοῦνται πάντα τὰ κτήνη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 33:13)
  • καὶ ἰδοὺ ὥσπερ ἐκ τοῦ ποταμοῦ ἀνέβαινον ἑπτὰ βόεσ καλαὶ τῷ εἴδει καὶ ἐκλεκταὶ ταῖσ σαρξὶ καὶ ἐβόσκοντο ἐν τῷ Ἄχει. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 41:2)

Synonyms

  1. shield

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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