βούβαλος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βούβᾰλις (boúbălis)
Etymology
Perhaps from βοῦς (boûs), but it may be a loanword from an unknown source (such as Pre-Greek) that was associated with the native word secondarily.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bǔː.ba.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbu.ba.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβu.βa.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvu.va.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvu.va.los/
Noun
βούβᾰλος • (boúbălos) m (genitive βουβᾰ́λου); second declension
- an antelope, possibly a bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus)
- buffalo
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βούβᾰλος ho boúbălos |
τὼ βουβᾰ́λω tṑ boubắlō |
οἱ βούβᾰλοι hoi boúbăloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου toû boubắlou |
τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν toîn boubắloin |
τῶν βουβᾰ́λων tôn boubắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βουβᾰ́λῳ tôi boubắlōi |
τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν toîn boubắloin |
τοῖς βουβᾰ́λοις toîs boubắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βούβᾰλον tòn boúbălon |
τὼ βουβᾰ́λω tṑ boubắlō |
τοὺς βουβᾰ́λους toùs boubắlous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βούβᾰλε boúbăle |
βουβᾰ́λω boubắlō |
βούβᾰλοι boúbăloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βουβάλειος (boubáleios)
- βουβάλιον (boubálion)
Descendants
Further reading
- “βούβαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βούβαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βούβαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- βούβαλος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
Greek
Alternative forms
- βουβάλι n (vouváli, “buffalo”)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “buffalo”).
Noun
βούβαλος • (voúvalos) m (plural βούβαλοι, feminine βουβάλα)
Usage notes
May be used with male and female animals.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βούβαλος (voúvalos) | βούβαλοι (voúvaloi) |
| genitive | βούβαλου (voúvalou) | βούβαλων (voúvalon) |
| accusative | βούβαλο (voúvalo) | βούβαλους (voúvalous) |
| vocative | βούβαλε (voúvale) | βούβαλοι (voúvaloi) |
Derived terms
- παιδοβούβαλος m (paidovoúvalos, “fat, mollycoddled man; fat child”)
Further reading
βούβαλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
