βούπρηστις

Ancient Greek

From βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) and the stem of the verb πρήθω (prḗthō) or πίμπρημι (pímprēmi, “I burn, inflame, inflate”)

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)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.