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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βουφάγιον (Bouphágion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Būphagium n sg (genitive Būphagiī or Būphagī); second declension
- A town of Arcadia situated in the district of Cynuria
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Buphagium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly