Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπιβουκόλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιβουκόλος

Sense

  1. an over-herdsman

Examples

  • ἀλλ’ ἄγ’ ὁ μὲν πεδίονδ’ ἐπὶ βοῦν, ἴτω, ὄφρα τάχιστα ἔλθῃσιν, ἐλάσῃ δὲ βοῶν ἐπιβουκόλοσ ἀνήρ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 3 41:2)
  • " τὸν δ’ αὖτε προσέειπε βοῶν ἐπιβουκόλοσ ἀνήρ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 20 36:5)
  • τὸν δ’ αὖτε προσέειπε βοῶν ἐπιβουκόλοσ ἀνήρ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 21 23:1)
  • Δημοπτόλεμον μὲν Ὀδυσσεύσ, Εὐρυάδην δ’ ἄρα Τηλέμαχοσ, Ἔλατον δὲ συβώτησ, Πείσανδρον δ’ ἄρ’ ἔπεφνε βοῶν ἐπιβουκόλοσ ἀνήρ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 22 45:2)
  • Κτήσιππον δ’ ἄρ’ ἔπειτα βοῶν ἐπιβουκόλοσ ἀνὴρ βεβλήκει πρὸσ στῆθοσ, ἐπευχόμενοσ δὲ προσηύδα· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 22 46:10)

Synonyms

  1. an over-herdsman

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

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