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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

  • ἰδοὺ χεὶρ Κυρίου ἐπέσται ἐν τοῖσ κτήνεσί σου τοῖσ ἐν τοῖσ πεδίοισ, ἔν τε τοῖσ ἵπποισ καὶ ἐν τοῖσ ὑποζυγίοισ καὶ ταῖσ καμήλοισ καὶ βουσὶ καὶ προβάτοισ, θάνατοσ μέγασ σφόδρα. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 9:3)
  • Πᾶν πρωτότοκον, ὃ ἐὰν τεχθῇ ἐν ταῖσ βουσί σου καὶ ἐν τοῖσ προβάτοισ σου, τὰ ἀρσενικά, ἁγιάσεισ Κυρίῳ τῷ Θεῷ σου. οὐκ ἐργᾷ ἐν τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ μόσχῳ σου καὶ οὐ μὴ κείρῃσ τὰ πρωτότοκα τῶν προβάτων σου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 15:19)
  • Καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐκεῖθεν καὶ εὑρίσκει τὸν Ἑλισαιὲ υἱὸν Σαφάτ, καὶ αὐτὸσ ἠροτρία ἐν βουσὶ —δώδεκα ζεύγη ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐν τοῖσ δώδεκα— καὶ ἀπῆλθεν ἐπ̓ αὐτὸν καὶ ἐπέρριψε τὴν μηλωτὴν αὐτοῦ ἐπ̓ αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 19:19)
  • ἦ μέν οἱ πατέρ’ ἐσθλὸν ἀπέκτανε ἶφι δαμάσσασ, χωσάμενοσ περὶ βουσί· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:6)
  • εἴ χ’ ἕτερον ἄξαισ, ἕτερόν κ’ ἐπὶ βουσὶ βάλοιο. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 49:13)

Synonyms

  1. shield

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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