βουβάλιον

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From βούβαλος (boúbalos, “buffalo”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βουβᾰ́λῐον • (boubắlĭon) n (genitive βουβᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

  1. squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)
    Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), ἐλατήριον n (elatḗrion), νότιον n (nótion), φέρομβρον n (phérombron), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), σκόρπιον n (skórpion)
  2. (in the plural) kind of bracelet

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βουβᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ βουβᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βουβᾰ́λῐον
tò boubắlĭon 		τὼ βουβᾰλῐ́ω
tṑ boubălĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ βουβᾰ́λῐᾰ
tằ boubắlĭă
Genitive τοῦ βουβᾰλῐ́ου
toû boubălĭ́ou 		τοῖν βουβᾰλῐ́οιν
toîn boubălĭ́oin 		τῶν βουβᾰλῐ́ων
tôn boubălĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ βουβᾰλῐ́ῳ
tôi boubălĭ́ōi 		τοῖν βουβᾰλῐ́οιν
toîn boubălĭ́oin 		τοῖς βουβᾰλῐ́οις
toîs boubălĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ βουβᾰ́λῐον
tò boubắlĭon 		τὼ βουβᾰλῐ́ω
tṑ boubălĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ βουβᾰ́λῐᾰ
tằ boubắlĭă
Vocative βουβᾰ́λῐον
boubắlĭon 		βουβᾰλῐ́ω
boubălĭ́ō 		βουβᾰ́λῐᾰ
boubắlĭă
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