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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buː.ke.pʰá.laːs/ → /βu.ceˈɸa.las/ → /vu.ceˈfa.las/
Proper noun
Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς • (Boukephálās) m (genitive Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱ); first declension
- Bucephalus
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Βουκεφάλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Βουκέφαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
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