βουκράνιον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From of βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “cranium, head”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βουκρᾱ́νῐον • (boukrā́nion) n (genitive βουκρᾱνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. ox-head, bucranium
  2. black bryony (Tamus communis)
    Synonym: ἄμπελος μἐλαινα (ámpelos melaina)
  3. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium)
    Synonyms: ἀνάρρινον (anárrhinon), ἀντίρρινον (antírrhinon), κυνοκεφάλιον (kunokephálion), πῐθήκῐον (pithḗkion)
  4. fleawort (Plantago psyllium)
    Synonyms: κρυστᾰ́λλῐον (krustállion), κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon), ψύλλιον (psúllion)
  5. (medicine) machine for reducing dislocations

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βουκρᾱ́νῐον; τοῦ βουκρᾱνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βουκρᾱ́νῐον
tò boukrā́nion 		τὼ βουκρᾱνῐ́ω
tṑ boukrāníō 		τᾰ̀ βουκρᾱ́νῐᾰ
tà boukrā́nia
Genitive τοῦ βουκρᾱνῐ́ου
toû boukrāníou 		τοῖν βουκρᾱνῐ́οιν
toîn boukrāníoin 		τῶν βουκρᾱνῐ́ων
tôn boukrāníōn
Dative τῷ βουκρᾱνῐ́ῳ
tôi boukrāníōi 		τοῖν βουκρᾱνῐ́οιν
toîn boukrāníoin 		τοῖς βουκρᾱνῐ́οις
toîs boukrāníois
Accusative τὸ βουκρᾱ́νῐον
tò boukrā́nion 		τὼ βουκρᾱνῐ́ω
tṑ boukrāníō 		τᾰ̀ βουκρᾱ́νῐᾰ
tà boukrā́nia
Vocative βουκρᾱ́νῐον
boukrā́nion 		βουκρᾱνῐ́ω
boukrāníō 		βουκρᾱ́νῐᾰ
boukrā́nia
Notes:

Descendants

  • → Latin: būcrānium

Further reading

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