βούβαλος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps from βοῦς (boûs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bǒː.ba.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbu.ba.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβu.βa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvu.va.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvu.va.los/
Noun
βούβᾰλος • (boúbalos) m (genitive βουβᾰ́λου); second declension
- A species of antelope, possibly the bubal hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus
- The buffalo
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βούβᾰλος ho boúbalos |
τὼ βουβᾰ́λω tṑ boubálō |
οἱ βούβᾰλοι hoi boúbaloi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου toû boubálou |
τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν toîn boubáloin |
τῶν βουβᾰ́λων tôn boubálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βουβᾰ́λῳ tôi boubálōi |
τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν toîn boubáloin |
τοῖς βουβᾰ́λοις toîs boubálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βούβᾰλον tòn boúbalon |
τὼ βουβᾰ́λω tṑ boubálō |
τοὺς βουβᾰ́λους toùs boubálous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βούβᾰλε boúbale |
βουβᾰ́λω boubálō |
βούβᾰλοι boúbaloi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- βούβαλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βούβαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βούβαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- βούβαλος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Alternative forms
- βουβάλι n (vouváli, “buffalo”)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “buffalo”).
Usage notes
May be used with male and female animals.
Declension
Derived terms
- παιδοβούβαλος m (paidovoúvalos, “fat, mollycoddled man; fat child”)
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