βουσός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From *βου-σόϝος (*bou-sówos), from a compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ σεύω (seúō, “to chase, drive, impel”). Compare also μηλοσόη (mēlosóē, “road on which cattle is driven”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buː.sós/ → /βuˈsos/ → /vuˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /buˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βuˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vuˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vuˈsos/

Noun

βουσός • (bousós) f (genitive βουσοῦ); second declension

1. pasture or path for oxen

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ βουσός; τῆς βουσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βουσός hē bousós	τὼ βουσώ tṑ bousṓ	αἱ βουσοί hai bousoí
Genitive	τῆς βουσοῦ tês bousoû	τοῖν βουσοῖν toîn bousoîn	τῶν βουσῶν tôn bousôn
Dative	τῇ βουσῷ têi bousôi	τοῖν βουσοῖν toîn bousoîn	ταῖς βουσοῖς taîs bousoîs
Accusative	τὴν βουσόν tḕn bousón	τὼ βουσώ tṑ bousṓ	τᾱ̀ς βουσούς tā̀s bousoús
Vocative	βουσέ bousé	βουσώ bousṓ	βουσοί bousoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βουσός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βουσός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN