βούπρηστις
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) and the stem of the verb πρήθω (prḗthō) or πίμπρημι (pímprēmi, “I burn, inflame, inflate”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bǔː.prɛːs.tis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbu.pre̝s.tis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβu.pris.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvu.pris.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvu.pris.tis/
Noun
βούπρηστῐς • (boúprēstis) f (genitive βουπρήστῐδος); third declension
- poisonous beetle, which being eaten by cattle in the grass causes them to swell up and die
- hare's ear (Bupleurum lancifolium)
Declension
Third declension of ἡ βούπρηστῐς; τῆς βουπρήστῐδος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ βούπρηστῐς hē boúprēstis | τὼ βουπρήστῐδε tṑ bouprḗstide | αἱ βουπρήστῐδες hai bouprḗstides | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς βουπρήστῐδος tês bouprḗstidos | τοῖν βουπρηστῐ́δοιν toîn bouprēstídoin | τῶν βουπρηστῐ́δων tôn bouprēstídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ βουπρήστῐδῐ têi bouprḗstidi | τοῖν βουπρηστῐ́δοιν toîn bouprēstídoin | ταῖς βουπρήστῐσῐ / βουπρήστῐσῐν taîs bouprḗstisi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν βουπρήστῐδᾰ tḕn bouprḗstida | τὼ βουπρήστῐδε tṑ bouprḗstide | τᾱ̀ς βουπρήστῐδᾰς tā̀s bouprḗstidas | ||||||||||
Vocative | βούπρηστῐς boúprēstis | βουπρήστῐδε bouprḗstide | βουπρήστῐδες bouprḗstides | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: būprēstis
- Translingual: Buprestis
References
- “βούπρηστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βούπρηστις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βούπρηστις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)