βούλλα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βοῦλλα (boûlla)

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin bulla.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔːl.la/ → /ˈβul.la/ → /ˈvu.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔːl.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbul.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβul.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.la/

Noun

βούλλα • (boúlla) f (genitive βούλλης); first declension

1. tin
2. seal, bulla

Inflection

First declension of ἡ βοῦλλᾰ; τῆς βούλλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βοῦλλᾰ hē boûlla	τὼ βούλλᾱ tṑ boúllā	αἱ βοῦλλαι hai boûllai
Genitive	τῆς βούλλης tês boúllēs	τοῖν βούλλαιν toîn boúllain	τῶν βουλλῶν tôn boullôn
Dative	τῇ βούλλῃ têi boúllēi	τοῖν βούλλαιν toîn boúllain	ταῖς βούλλαις taîs boúllais
Accusative	τὴν βοῦλλᾰν tḕn boûllan	τὼ βούλλᾱ tṑ boúllā	τᾱ̀ς βούλλᾱς tā̀s boúllās
Vocative	βοῦλλᾰ boûlla	βούλλᾱ boúllā	βοῦλλαι boûllai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• κασσίτερος (kassíteros)

Descendants

• Greek: βούλα (voúla)
  • → Albanian: vulë
  • → Aromanian: vulã
  • → Bulgarian: ву́ла (vúla)

References

• “βούλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βούλλα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)