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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

  • Οὐ φιμώσεισ βοῦν ἁλοῶντα. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 25:4)
  • δότωσαν ἡμῖν δύο βόασ, καὶ ἐκλεξάσθωσαν ἑαυτοῖσ τὸν ἕνα καὶ μελισάτωσαν καὶ ἐπιθέτωσαν ἐπὶ τῶν ξύλων καὶ πῦρ μὴ ἐπιθέτωσαν, καὶ ἐγὼ ποιήσω τὸν βοῦν τὸν ἄλλον, καὶ πῦρ οὐ μὴ ἐπιθῶ. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 18:22)
  • ὑποζύγιον ὀρφανῶν ἀπήγαγον καὶ βοῦν χήρασ ἠνεχύρασαν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 24:3)
  • καὶ σὲ ἐκδιώξουσιν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ μετὰ θηρίων ἀγρίων ἔσται ἡ κατοικία σου, καὶ χόρτον ὡσ βοῦν ψωμιοῦσί σε καὶ ἀπὸ τῆσ δρόσου τοῦ οὐρανοῦ αὐλισθήσῃ, καὶ ἑπτὰ καιροὶ ἀλλαγήσονται ἐπὶ σέ, ἕωσ οὗ γνῷσ ὅτι κυριεύει ὁ Ὕψιστοσ τῆσ βασιλείασ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ᾧ ἂν δόξῃ, δώσει αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 4:22)
  • καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων σέ ἐκδιώξουσι, καὶ μετὰ θηρίων ἀγρίων ἡ κατοικία σου καὶ χόρτον ὡσ βοῦν ψωμιοῦσί σε, καὶ ἑπτὰ καιροὶ ἀλλαγήσονται ἐπὶ σέ, ἕωσ οὗ γνῷσ, ὅτι κυριεύει ὁ Ὕψιστοσ τῆσ βασιλείασ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ ᾧ ἂν δόξῃ, δώσει αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Danielis 4:29)

Synonyms

  1. shield

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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