bupaes
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the Ancient Greek βούπαις (boúpais), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + παῖς (paîs, “boy”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.pae̯s/, [ˈbuːpäe̯s̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbu.pes/, [ˈbuːpes]
Noun
editbūpaes m (genitive būpaedos); third declension
- a boy or youth of massive proportions: one, hyperbolically, as big as an ox
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Declension
editThird-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | būpaes | būpaedes |
Genitive | būpaedos | būpaedum |
Dative | būpaedī | būpaedibus |
Accusative | būpaeda | būpaedas |
Ablative | būpaede | būpaedibus |
Vocative | būpaes | būpaedes |
References
edit- “būpaeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- BUPÆDES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- būpæs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 231/3.
- “būpaes” on page 245/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)