βουβάλιον

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βουβᾰ́λῐον • (boubálion) 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 boubálion 		τὼ βουβᾰλῐ́ω
tṑ boubalíō 		τᾰ̀ βουβᾰ́λῐᾰ
tà boubália
Genitive τοῦ βουβᾰλῐ́ου
toû boubalíou 		τοῖν βουβᾰλῐ́οιν
toîn boubalíoin 		τῶν βουβᾰλῐ́ων
tôn boubalíōn
Dative τῷ βουβᾰλῐ́ῳ
tôi boubalíōi 		τοῖν βουβᾰλῐ́οιν
toîn boubalíoin 		τοῖς βουβᾰλῐ́οις
toîs boubalíois
Accusative τὸ βουβᾰ́λῐον
tò boubálion 		τὼ βουβᾰλῐ́ω
tṑ boubalíō 		τᾰ̀ βουβᾰ́λῐᾰ
tà boubália
Vocative βουβᾰ́λῐον
boubálion 		βουβᾰλῐ́ω
boubalíō 		βουβᾰ́λῐᾰ
boubália
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