bugonia
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γονή (gonḗ, “progeny”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bugonia (uncountable)
- An ancient Mediterranean ritual based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow’s carcass.
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek Βουγονία (Bougonía), from βοῦς (boûs) + γονή (gonḗ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /buːˈɡo.ni.a/, [buːˈɡɔniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /buˈɡo.ni.a/, [buˈɡɔːniä]
Noun edit
būgonia f (genitive būgoniae); first declension
- the generating of bees from the putrid carcasses of cattle (recorded as the title of a work by the Ancient Greek philosopher Archelaus)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcus Terentius Varro to this entry?)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | būgonia | būgoniae |
| Genitive | būgoniae | būgoniārum |
| Dative | būgoniae | būgoniīs |
| Accusative | būgoniam | būgoniās |
| Ablative | būgoniā | būgoniīs |
| Vocative | būgonia | būgoniae |
References edit
- “būgŏnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- būgŏnĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 231/1.
- “Būgonia” on page 244/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)