"βούβαλος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See βούβαλος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bǔː.ba.los/, /ˈβu.βa.los/, /ˈvu.va.los/, /bǔː.ba.los/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈbu.ba.los/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈβu.βa.los/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈvu.va.los/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈvu.va.los/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Perhaps from βοῦς (boûs), but it may be a loanword from an unknown source (such as Pre-Greek) that was associated with the native word secondarily. Etymology templates: {{unk|grc|unknown}} unknown, {{bor|grc|qsb-grc|-}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|βουβᾰ́λου|m|second|head=βούβᾰλος}} βούβᾰλος • (boúbalos) m (genitive βουβᾰ́λου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|βούβᾰλος|ου|form=M}} Forms: βούβᾰλος [canonical], boúbalos [romanization], βουβᾰ́λου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ βούβᾰλος [nominative, singular], τὼ βουβᾰ́λω [dual, nominative], οἱ βούβᾰλοι [nominative, plural], τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου [genitive, singular], τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν βουβᾰ́λων [genitive, plural], τῷ βουβᾰ́λῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς βουβᾰ́λοις [dative, plural], τὸν βούβᾰλον [accusative, singular], τὼ βουβᾰ́λω [accusative, dual], τοὺς βουβᾰ́λους [accusative, plural], βούβᾰλε [singular, vocative], βουβᾰ́λω [dual, vocative], βούβᾰλοι [plural, vocative]
  1. an antelope, possibly a bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus) Categories (lifeform): Antelopes, Bovines
    Sense id: en-βούβαλος-grc-noun-rjOWpuAA Disambiguation of Antelopes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Bovines: 55 45 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 76 24
  2. buffalo Categories (lifeform): Bovines
    Sense id: en-βούβαλος-grc-noun-GYvsr5xF Disambiguation of Bovines: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: βούβᾰλις (boúbalis) Derived forms: βουβάλειος (boubáleios), βουβάλιον (boubálion)
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boubáleios",
      "word": "βουβάλειος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boubálion",
      "word": "βουβάλιον"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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            "3": "βουβάλι"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: βούβαλος (voúvalos), βουβάλι (vouváli)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: βούβαλος (voúvalos), βουβάλι (vouváli)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "būbalus",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: būbalus",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: būbalus (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Perhaps from βοῦς (boûs), but it may be a loanword from an unknown source (such as Pre-Greek) that was associated with the native word secondarily.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "βούβᾰλος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boúbalos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "βουβᾰ́λου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ βούβᾰλος",
      "roman": "ho boúbalos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βουβᾰ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ boubálō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ βούβᾰλοι",
      "roman": "hoi boúbaloi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου",
      "roman": "toû boubálou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn boubáloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βουβᾰ́λων",
      "roman": "tôn boubálōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ βουβᾰ́λῳ",
      "roman": "tôi boubálōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn boubáloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς βουβᾰ́λοις",
      "roman": "toîs boubálois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν βούβᾰλον",
      "roman": "tòn boúbalon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βουβᾰ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ boubálō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς βουβᾰ́λους",
      "roman": "toùs boubálous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βούβᾰλε",
      "roman": "boúbale",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βουβᾰ́λω",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βούβᾰλοι",
      "roman": "boúbaloi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "βούβᾰλος"
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
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        },
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          "_dis": "68 32",
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          "name": "Antelopes",
          "orig": "grc:Antelopes",
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            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Bovines",
          "orig": "grc:Bovines",
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            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an antelope, possibly a bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus)"
      ],
      "id": "en-βούβαλος-grc-noun-rjOWpuAA",
      "links": [
        [
          "antelope",
          "antelope"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Bovines",
          "orig": "grc:Bovines",
          "parents": [
            "Even-toed ungulates",
            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "buffalo"
      ],
      "id": "en-βούβαλος-grc-noun-GYvsr5xF",
      "links": [
        [
          "buffalo",
          "buffalo"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bǔː.ba.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβu.βa.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvu.va.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bǔː.ba.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbu.ba.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβu.βa.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvu.va.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvu.va.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boúbalis",
      "word": "βούβᾰλις"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "bubal hartebeest"
  ],
  "word": "βούβαλος"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek second-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek terms borrowed from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with unknown etymologies",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "grc:Antelopes",
    "grc:Bovines"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "boubáleios",
      "word": "βουβάλειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boubálion",
      "word": "βουβάλιον"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "βούβαλος",
            "3": "βουβάλι"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: βούβαλος (voúvalos), βουβάλι (vouváli)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
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            "bor": "yes"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: būbalus (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "βούβᾰλος",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boúbalos",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βουβᾰ́λου",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-2",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Second declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ βούβᾰλος",
      "roman": "ho boúbalos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βουβᾰ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ boubálō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ βούβᾰλοι",
      "roman": "hoi boúbaloi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου",
      "roman": "toû boubálou",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn boubáloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βουβᾰ́λων",
      "roman": "tôn boubálōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ βουβᾰ́λῳ",
      "roman": "tôi boubálōi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν",
      "roman": "toîn boubáloin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς βουβᾰ́λοις",
      "roman": "toîs boubálois",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν βούβᾰλον",
      "roman": "tòn boúbalon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βουβᾰ́λω",
      "roman": "tṑ boubálō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς βουβᾰ́λους",
      "roman": "toùs boubálous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βούβᾰλε",
      "roman": "boúbale",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βουβᾰ́λω",
      "roman": "boubálō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βούβᾰλοι",
      "roman": "boúbaloi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "βουβᾰ́λου",
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      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa",
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an antelope, possibly a bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus)"
      ],
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          "antelope",
          "antelope"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "buffalo"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "buffalo",
          "buffalo"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bǔː.ba.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβu.βa.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvu.va.los/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bǔː.ba.los/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbu.ba.los/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈβu.βa.los/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvu.va.los/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvu.va.los/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "boúbalis",
      "word": "βούβᾰλις"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "bubal hartebeest"
  ],
  "word": "βούβαλος"
}

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