βούπλευρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ πλευρά (pleurá, “rib, side”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.pleu̯.ros/ → /ˈβu.ple.βros/ → /ˈvu.ple.vros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.pleu̯.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.plew.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.ple.βros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ple.vros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ple.vros/

Noun

βούπλευρος • (boúpleuros) f (genitive βουπλεύρου); second declension

1. bishopsweed (Ammi majus)

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ βούπλευρος; τῆς βουπλεύρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βούπλευρος hē boúpleuros	τὼ βουπλεύρω tṑ boupleúrō	αἱ βούπλευροι hai boúpleuroi
Genitive	τῆς βουπλεύρου tês boupleúrou	τοῖν βουπλεύροιν toîn boupleúroin	τῶν βουπλεύρων tôn boupleúrōn
Dative	τῇ βουπλεύρῳ têi boupleúrōi	τοῖν βουπλεύροιν toîn boupleúroin	ταῖς βουπλεύροις taîs boupleúrois
Accusative	τὴν βούπλευρον tḕn boúpleuron	τὼ βουπλεύρω tṑ boupleúrō	τᾱ̀ς βουπλεύρους tā̀s boupleúrous
Vocative	βούπλευρε boúpleure	βουπλεύρω boupleúrō	βούπλευροι boúpleuroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βούπλευρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βούπλευρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βούπλευρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)