βόλινθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Beekes suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bó.lin.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.lin.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβo.lin.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lin.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lin.θos/

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Noun

βόλινθος • (bólinthos) m (genitive βολίνθου); second declension

European bison

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βόλινθος; τοῦ βολίνθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βόλινθος ho bólinthos	τὼ βολίνθω tṑ bolínthō	οἱ βόλινθοι hoi bólinthoi
Genitive	τοῦ βολίνθου toû bolínthou	τοῖν βολίνθοιν toîn bolínthoin	τῶν βολίνθων tôn bolínthōn
Dative	τῷ βολίνθῳ tôi bolínthōi	τοῖν βολίνθοιν toîn bolínthoin	τοῖς βολίνθοις toîs bolínthois
Accusative	τὸν βόλινθον tòn bólinthon	τὼ βολίνθω tṑ bolínthō	τοὺς βολίνθους toùs bolínthous
Vocative	βόλινθε bólinthe	βολίνθω bolínthō	βόλινθοι bólinthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

βόνασος (bónasos)
μόναπος (mónapos)