βούτραγος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + τράγος (trágos, “goat”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bǒː.tra.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbu.tra.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβu.tra.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvu.tra.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvu.tra.ɣos/
Noun
βούτρᾰγος • (boútragos) m (genitive βουτρᾰ́γου); second declension
- fabulous animal, half ox and half goat
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βούτρᾰγος; τοῦ βουτρᾰ́γου (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βούτρᾰγος ho boútragos | τὼ βουτρᾰ́γω tṑ boutrágō | οἱ βούτρᾰγοι hoi boútragoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βουτρᾰ́γου toû boutrágou | τοῖν βουτρᾰ́γοιν toîn boutrágoin | τῶν βουτρᾰ́γων tôn boutrágōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βουτρᾰ́γῳ tôi boutrágōi | βουτρᾰ́γοιν boutrágoin | τοῖς βουτρᾰ́γοις toîs boutrágois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βούτρᾰγον tòn boútragon | βουτρᾰ́γω boutrágō | τοὺς βουτρᾰ́γους toùs boutrágous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βούτρᾰγε boútrage | βουτρᾰ́γω boutrágō | βούτρᾰγοι boútragoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- βούτραγος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βούτραγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βούτραγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)