bugonia

English

Alternative forms

• bougonia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γονή (gonḗ, “progeny”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjuːˈɡəʊniə/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

bugonia (uncountable)

1. An ancient Mediterranean ritual based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow’s carcass.

Further reading

• bugonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Βουγονία (Bougonía), from βοῦς (boûs) +‎ γονή (gonḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /buːˈɡo.ni.a/, [buːˈɡɔniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /buˈɡo.ni.a/, [buˈɡɔːniä]

Noun

būgonia f (genitive būgoniae); first declension

1. the generating of bees from the putrid carcasses of cattle (recorded as the title of a work by the Ancient Greek philosopher Archelaus)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcus Terentius Varro to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	būgonia	būgoniae
Genitive	būgoniae	būgoniārum
Dative	būgoniae	būgoniīs
Accusative	būgoniam	būgoniās
Ablative	būgoniā	būgoniīs
Vocative	būgonia	būgoniae

References

• “būgŏnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• būgŏnĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 231/1.
• “Būgonia” on page 244/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)