βουσός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From *βου-σόϝος (*bou-sówos), from a compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + σεύω (seúō, “to chase, drive, impel”). Compare also μηλοσόη (mēlosóē, “road on which cattle is driven”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /boː.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /buˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βuˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vuˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vuˈsos/
Noun
βουσός • (bousós) f (genitive βουσοῦ); second declension
- pasture or path for oxen
Inflection
Second declension of ἡ βουσός; τῆς βουσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βουσός hē bousós | τὼ βουσώ tṑ bousṓ | αἱ βουσοί hai bousoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βουσοῦ tês bousoû | τοῖν βουσοῖν toîn bousoîn | τῶν βουσῶν tôn bousôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βουσῷ têi bousôi | βουσοῖν bousoîn | ταῖς βουσοῖς taîs bousoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βουσόν tḕn bousón | βουσώ bousṓ | τᾱ̀ς βουσούς tā̀s bousoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | βουσέ bousé | βουσώ bousṓ | βουσοί bousoí | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- βουσός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βουσός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN