βούπρηστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) and the stem of the verb πρήθω (prḗthō) or πίμπρημι (pímprēmi, “I burn, inflame, inflate”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.prɛːs.tis/ → /ˈβu.pris.tis/ → /ˈvu.pris.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.prɛːs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.pre̝s.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.pris.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.pris.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.pris.tis/

Noun

βούπρηστῐς • (boúprēstis) f (genitive βουπρήστῐδος); third declension

1. poisonous beetle, which being eaten by cattle in the grass causes them to swell up and die
2. hare's ear (Bupleurum lancifolium)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ βούπρηστῐς; τῆς βουπρήστῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βούπρηστῐς hē boúprēstis	τὼ βουπρήστῐδε tṑ bouprḗstide	αἱ βουπρήστῐδες hai bouprḗstides
Genitive	τῆς βουπρήστῐδος tês bouprḗstidos	τοῖν βουπρηστῐ́δοιν toîn bouprēstídoin	τῶν βουπρηστῐ́δων tôn bouprēstídōn
Dative	τῇ βουπρήστῐδῐ têi bouprḗstidi	τοῖν βουπρηστῐ́δοιν toîn bouprēstídoin	ταῖς βουπρήστῐσῐ / βουπρήστῐσῐν taîs bouprḗstisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν βουπρήστῐδᾰ tḕn bouprḗstida	τὼ βουπρήστῐδε tṑ bouprḗstide	τᾱ̀ς βουπρήστῐδᾰς tā̀s bouprḗstidas
Vocative	βούπρηστῐς boúprēstis	βουπρήστῐδε bouprḗstide	βουπρήστῐδες bouprḗstides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Latin: būprēstis
• Translingual: Buprestis

References

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