βούβαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βούβᾰλις (boúbalis)

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

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.ba.los/ → /ˈβu.βa.los/ → /ˈvu.va.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.ba.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ba.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.βa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.va.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.va.los/

Noun

βούβᾰλος • (boúbalos) m (genitive βουβᾰ́λου); second declension

1. an antelope, possibly a bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus)
2. buffalo

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βούβᾰλος; τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βούβᾰλος ho boúbalos	τὼ βουβᾰ́λω tṑ boubálō	οἱ βούβᾰλοι hoi boúbaloi
Genitive	τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου toû boubálou	τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν toîn boubáloin	τῶν βουβᾰ́λων tôn boubálōn
Dative	τῷ βουβᾰ́λῳ tôi boubálōi	τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν toîn boubáloin	τοῖς βουβᾰ́λοις toîs boubálois
Accusative	τὸν βούβᾰλον tòn boúbalon	τὼ βουβᾰ́λω tṑ boubálō	τοὺς βουβᾰ́λους toùs boubálous
Vocative	βούβᾰλε boúbale	βουβᾰ́λω boubálō	βούβᾰλοι boúbaloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βουβάλειος (boubáleios)
• βουβάλιον (boubálion)

 

Descendants

• Greek: βούβαλος (voúvalos), βουβάλι (vouváli)
• → Latin: būbalus (see there for further 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 (2006–2024)
• 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)

1. buffalo, male or bull buffalo

Usage notes

May be used with male and female animals.

Declension

Declension of βούβαλος

	singular	plural
nominative	βούβαλος •	βούβαλοι •
genitive	βούβαλου •	βούβαλων •
accusative	βούβαλο •	βούβαλους •
vocative	βούβαλε •	βούβαλοι •

Derived terms

• παιδοβούβαλος m (paidovoúvalos, “fat, mollycoddled man; fat child”)

Further reading

• βούβαλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el