"βοῦς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See βοῦς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bûːs/, /βus/, /vus/, /bûːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /bus/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /βus/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /vus/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /vus/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *gʷous (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀃 (qo-o)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognates include Old English cū (English cow), Irish bó, Latin bōs, and Sanskrit गो (gó). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|inh|grk-pro>*gʷous>cow|id=cow}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*gʷous}} Proto-Hellenic *gʷous, {{cog|gmy|𐀦𐀃}} Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀃 (qo-o), {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*gʷṓws}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws, {{cog|ang|cū}} Old English cū, {{cog|en|cow}} English cow, {{cog|ga|bó}} Irish bó, {{cog|la|bōs}} Latin bōs, {{cog|sa|गो|tr=gó}} Sanskrit गो (gó) Head templates: {{grc-noun|βοός|m|third|g2=f}} βοῦς • (boûs) m or f (genitive βοός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|irreg|βοῦς|AP=βοῦς|AS=βοῦν|DP=βουσί(ν)|DS=βοΐ|GD=βοοῖν|GP=βοῶν|GS=βοός|ND=βόε|NP=βόες|VS=βοῦ|form=MF-full}}, {{grc-decl|irreg|βοῦς|AP=βόας, βοῦς|AS=βοῦν, βῶν|DP=βουσί(ν), βόεσσι(ν)|DS=βοΐ|GD=βοοῖν|GP=βοῶν|GS=βοός|ND=βόε|NP=βόες|VS=βοῦ|dial=epi|form=MF-full}} Forms: boûs [romanization], βοός [genitive], Attic irregular [table-tags], [nominative, singular], ἡ βοῦς [nominative, singular], τὼ βόε [dual, nominative], οἱ [nominative, plural], αἱ βόες [nominative, plural], τοῦ [genitive, singular], τῆς βοός [genitive, singular], τοῖν βοοῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν βοῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ [dative, singular], τῇ βοΐ [dative, singular], τοῖν βοοῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς [dative, plural], ταῖς βουσί [dative, plural], βουσίν [dative, plural], toîs [dative, plural], taîs bousí [dative, plural], taîs bousín [dative, plural], τὸν [accusative, singular], τὴν βοῦν [accusative, singular], τὼ βόε [accusative, dual], τοὺς [accusative, plural], τᾱ̀ς βοῦς [accusative, plural], βοῦ [singular, vocative], βόε [dual, vocative], βόες [plural, vocative], Epic irregular [table-tags], βοῦς [nominative, singular], βόε [dual, nominative], βόες [nominative, plural], βοός [genitive, singular], βοοῖν [dual, genitive], βοῶν [genitive, plural], βοΐ [dative, singular], βοοῖν [dative, dual], βουσί [dative, plural], βουσίν [dative, plural], βόεσσι [dative, plural], βόεσσιν [dative, plural], bousí [dative, plural], bousín [dative, plural], bóessi [dative, plural], bóessin [dative, plural], βοῦν [accusative, singular], βῶν [accusative, singular], βόε [accusative, dual], βόας [accusative, plural], βοῦς [accusative, plural], βοῦ [singular, vocative], βόε [dual, vocative], βόες [plural, vocative]
  1. cow, ox, cattle
    Sense id: en-βοῦς-grc-noun-aA~D32du Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 50 50
  2. shield Categories (lifeform): Bovines Synonyms (shield): αἰγίς (aigís), ἀσπίδιον (aspídion), ἀσπίς (aspís), βοάγριον (boágrion), κρίγδανον (krígdanon), πέλτη (péltē), ῥῑνός (rhīnós), σάκος (sákos), σκοῦτα (skoûta)
    Sense id: en-βοῦς-grc-noun-BypibtLW Disambiguation of Bovines: 24 76 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of 'shield': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: βῶς (bôs) [Doric] Hyponyms: δᾰμᾰ́λη (damálē) (english: young cow, heifer), δᾰμᾰ́λης (damálēs) (english: young steer), δᾰ́μᾰλις (dámalis) (english: young cow, heifer), μόσχος (móskhos) (english: young bull or cow), πόρτις (pórtis), στεῖρα (steîra) (english: cow that has not produced young), ταῦρος (taûros) (english: bull)
Derived forms: βοάνθεμον (boánthemon), βόϊνος (bóïnos), βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson), βούγλωσσος (boúglōssos), βουδόρος (boudóros), βουθυσία (bouthusía), βουθυτέω (bouthutéō), βούθυτος (boúthutos), Βουκέφαλος (Bouképhalos), βουκολέω (boukoléō), βουκολία (boukolía), βουκόλιον (boukólion), βουκόλος (boukólos), βούκολος (boúkolos), βουκόρῡζᾰ (boukórūza), βουνομέω (bounoméō), βούνομος (boúnomos), βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón), βούσῡκον (boúsūkon), βούτης (boútēs), βούτρᾰγος (boútragos), βούτῡρον (boútūron), βούτῡρος (boútūros), βούφθαλμον (boúphthalmon), βούφονος (boúphonos), βουφορβέω (bouphorbéō), βουφόρβια (bouphórbia), βουφορβός (bouphorbós), βοῶπις (boôpis), ἑκατόμβη (hekatómbē), ἐπιβουκόλος (epiboukólos), πρέσβῠς (présbus)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boánthemon",
      "word": "βοάνθεμον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bóïnos",
      "word": "βόϊνος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boúglōsson",
      "word": "βούγλωσσον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boúglōssos",
      "word": "βούγλωσσος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boudóros",
      "word": "βουδόρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bouthusía",
      "word": "βουθυσία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bouthutéō",
      "word": "βουθυτέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boúthutos",
      "word": "βούθυτος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Bouképhalos",
      "word": "Βουκέφαλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boukoléō",
      "word": "βουκολέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boukolía",
      "word": "βουκολία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boukólion",
      "word": "βουκόλιον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boukólos",
      "word": "βουκόλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boúkolos",
      "word": "βούκολος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boukórūza",
      "word": "βουκόρῡζᾰ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bounoméō",
      "word": "βουνομέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boúnomos",
      "word": "βούνομος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boustrophēdón",
      "word": "βουστροφηδόν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boúsūkon",
      "word": "βούσῡκον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boútēs",
      "word": "βούτης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boútragos",
      "word": "βούτρᾰγος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boútūron",
      "word": "βούτῡρον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boútūros",
      "word": "βούτῡρος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boúphthalmon",
      "word": "βούφθαλμον"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boúphonos",
      "word": "βούφονος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bouphorbéō",
      "word": "βουφορβέω"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bouphórbia",
      "word": "βουφόρβια"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bouphorbós",
      "word": "βουφορβός"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "boôpis",
      "word": "βοῶπις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "hekatómbē",
      "word": "ἑκατόμβη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "epiboukólos",
      "word": "ἐπιβουκόλος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "présbus",
      "word": "πρέσβῠς"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "βόδι",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: βόδι (vódi), βόιδι n (vóidi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: βόδι (vódi), βόιδι n (vóidi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsd",
            "2": "βου"
          },
          "expansion": "Tsakonian: βου (vou)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tsakonian: βου (vou)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Bucephala",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Translingual: Bucephala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Translingual: Bucephala"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "grk-pro>*gʷous>cow",
        "id": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*gʷous"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *gʷous",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀦𐀃"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀃 (qo-o)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷṓws"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cū"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "English cow",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bó"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish bó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "bōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bōs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "गो",
        "tr": "gó"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit गो (gó)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *gʷous (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀃 (qo-o)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognates include Old English cū (English cow), Irish bó, Latin bōs, and Sanskrit गो (gó).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boûs",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic irregular",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ",
      "roman": "ho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ βοῦς",
      "roman": "hē boûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βόε",
      "roman": "tṑ bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ",
      "roman": "hoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ βόες",
      "roman": "hai bóes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ",
      "roman": "toû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βοός",
      "roman": "tês boós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βοοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn booîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βοῶν",
      "roman": "tôn boôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ",
      "roman": "tôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βοΐ",
      "roman": "têi boḯ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βοοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn booîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βουσί",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βουσίν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs bousí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs bousín",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν",
      "roman": "tòn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βοῦν",
      "roman": "tḕn boûn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βόε",
      "roman": "tṑ bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς",
      "roman": "toùs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βοῦς",
      "roman": "tā̀s boûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦ",
      "roman": "boû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόε",
      "roman": "bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόες",
      "roman": "bóes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic irregular",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦς",
      "roman": "boûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόε",
      "roman": "bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόες",
      "roman": "bóes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοός",
      "roman": "boós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοοῖν",
      "roman": "booîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῶν",
      "roman": "boôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοΐ",
      "roman": "boḯ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοοῖν",
      "roman": "booîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βουσί",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βουσίν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόεσσι",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόεσσιν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bousí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bousín",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bóessi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bóessin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦν",
      "roman": "boûn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῶν",
      "roman": "bôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόε",
      "roman": "bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόας",
      "roman": "bóas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦς",
      "roman": "boûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦ",
      "roman": "boû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόε",
      "roman": "bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόες",
      "roman": "bóes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βοός",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "βοῦς • (boûs) m or f (genitive βοός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young cow, heifer",
      "roman": "damálē",
      "word": "δᾰμᾰ́λη"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young steer",
      "roman": "damálēs",
      "word": "δᾰμᾰ́λης"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young cow, heifer",
      "roman": "dámalis",
      "word": "δᾰ́μᾰλις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "young bull or cow",
      "roman": "móskhos",
      "word": "μόσχος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "pórtis",
      "word": "πόρτις"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cow that has not produced young",
      "roman": "steîra",
      "word": "στεῖρα"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "bull",
      "roman": "taûros",
      "word": "ταῦρος"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "2": "βοῦς",
        "AP": "βοῦς",
        "AS": "βοῦν",
        "DP": "βουσί(ν)",
        "DS": "βοΐ",
        "GD": "βοοῖν",
        "GP": "βοῶν",
        "GS": "βοός",
        "ND": "βόε",
        "NP": "βόες",
        "VS": "βοῦ",
        "form": "MF-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "2": "βοῦς",
        "AP": "βόας, βοῦς",
        "AS": "βοῦν, βῶν",
        "DP": "βουσί(ν), βόεσσι(ν)",
        "DS": "βοΐ",
        "GD": "βοοῖν",
        "GP": "βοῶν",
        "GS": "βοός",
        "ND": "βόε",
        "NP": "βόες",
        "VS": "βοῦ",
        "dial": "epi",
        "form": "MF-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cow, ox, cattle"
      ],
      "id": "en-βοῦς-grc-noun-aA~D32du",
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "ox",
          "ox"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I know on the right, and I know on the left how to wield my dried\nshield, which to me seems sturdy in fighting:",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.238–239",
          "roman": "azaléēn, tó moi ésti talaúrinon polemízein;",
          "text": "οἶδ’ ἐπὶ δεξιά, οἶδ’ ἐπ’ ἀριστερὰ νωμῆσαι βῶν\nἀζαλέην, τό μοι ἔστι ταλαύρινον πολεμίζειν·\noîd’ epì dexiá, oîd’ ep’ aristerà nōmêsai bôn"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shield"
      ],
      "id": "en-βοῦς-grc-noun-BypibtLW",
      "links": [
        [
          "shield",
          "shield"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "aigís",
          "sense": "shield",
          "word": "αἰγίς"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "aspídion",
          "sense": "shield",
          "word": "ἀσπίδιον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "aspís",
          "sense": "shield",
          "word": "ἀσπίς"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "boágrion",
          "sense": "shield",
          "word": "βοάγριον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "krígdanon",
          "sense": "shield",
          "word": "κρίγδανον"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "péltē",
          "sense": "shield",
          "word": "πέλτη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "rhīnós",
          "sense": "shield",
          "word": "ῥῑνός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "sákos",
          "sense": "shield",
          "word": "σάκος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "roman": "skoûta",
          "sense": "shield",
          "word": "σκοῦτα"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bûːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βus/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vus/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bûːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bus/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βus/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vus/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vus/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "bôs",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "βῶς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βοῦς"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 1-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek irregular nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek nouns with multiple genders",
    "Ancient Greek perispomenon terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "grc:Bovines"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "boánthemon",
      "word": "βοάνθεμον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bóïnos",
      "word": "βόϊνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boúglōsson",
      "word": "βούγλωσσον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boúglōssos",
      "word": "βούγλωσσος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boudóros",
      "word": "βουδόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bouthusía",
      "word": "βουθυσία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bouthutéō",
      "word": "βουθυτέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boúthutos",
      "word": "βούθυτος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Bouképhalos",
      "word": "Βουκέφαλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boukoléō",
      "word": "βουκολέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boukolía",
      "word": "βουκολία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boukólion",
      "word": "βουκόλιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boukólos",
      "word": "βουκόλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boúkolos",
      "word": "βούκολος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boukórūza",
      "word": "βουκόρῡζᾰ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bounoméō",
      "word": "βουνομέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boúnomos",
      "word": "βούνομος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boustrophēdón",
      "word": "βουστροφηδόν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boúsūkon",
      "word": "βούσῡκον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boútēs",
      "word": "βούτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boútragos",
      "word": "βούτρᾰγος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boútūron",
      "word": "βούτῡρον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boútūros",
      "word": "βούτῡρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boúphthalmon",
      "word": "βούφθαλμον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boúphonos",
      "word": "βούφονος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bouphorbéō",
      "word": "βουφορβέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bouphórbia",
      "word": "βουφόρβια"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bouphorbós",
      "word": "βουφορβός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boôpis",
      "word": "βοῶπις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hekatómbē",
      "word": "ἑκατόμβη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "epiboukólos",
      "word": "ἐπιβουκόλος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "présbus",
      "word": "πρέσβῠς"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "βόδι",
            "alts": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: βόδι (vódi), βόιδι n (vóidi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: βόδι (vódi), βόιδι n (vóidi)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tsd",
            "2": "βου"
          },
          "expansion": "Tsakonian: βου (vou)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Tsakonian: βου (vou)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "Bucephala",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Translingual: Bucephala",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Translingual: Bucephala"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "inh",
        "3": "grk-pro>*gʷous>cow",
        "id": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*gʷous"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *gʷous",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmy",
        "2": "𐀦𐀃"
      },
      "expansion": "Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀃 (qo-o)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷṓws"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "cū"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English cū",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cow"
      },
      "expansion": "English cow",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "bó"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish bó",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "bōs"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin bōs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "गो",
        "tr": "gó"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit गो (gó)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *gʷous (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀃 (qo-o)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognates include Old English cū (English cow), Irish bó, Latin bōs, and Sanskrit गो (gó).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boûs",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοός",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic irregular",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ",
      "roman": "ho",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ βοῦς",
      "roman": "hē boûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βόε",
      "roman": "tṑ bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ",
      "roman": "hoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ βόες",
      "roman": "hai bóes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ",
      "roman": "toû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς βοός",
      "roman": "tês boós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βοοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn booîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν βοῶν",
      "roman": "tôn boôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ",
      "roman": "tôi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ βοΐ",
      "roman": "têi boḯ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν βοοῖν",
      "roman": "toîn booîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς βουσί",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βουσίν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs bousí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs bousín",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν",
      "roman": "tòn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν βοῦν",
      "roman": "tḕn boûn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ βόε",
      "roman": "tṑ bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς",
      "roman": "toùs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς βοῦς",
      "roman": "tā̀s boûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦ",
      "roman": "boû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόε",
      "roman": "bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόες",
      "roman": "bóes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic irregular",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦς",
      "roman": "boûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόε",
      "roman": "bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόες",
      "roman": "bóes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοός",
      "roman": "boós",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοοῖν",
      "roman": "booîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῶν",
      "roman": "boôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοΐ",
      "roman": "boḯ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοοῖν",
      "roman": "booîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βουσί",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βουσίν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόεσσι",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόεσσιν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bousí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bousín",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bóessi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bóessin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦν",
      "roman": "boûn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βῶν",
      "roman": "bôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόε",
      "roman": "bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόας",
      "roman": "bóas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦς",
      "roman": "boûs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βοῦ",
      "roman": "boû",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόε",
      "roman": "bóe",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "βόες",
      "roman": "bóes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "βοός",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third",
        "g2": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "βοῦς • (boûs) m or f (genitive βοός); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "english": "young cow, heifer",
      "roman": "damálē",
      "word": "δᾰμᾰ́λη"
    },
    {
      "english": "young steer",
      "roman": "damálēs",
      "word": "δᾰμᾰ́λης"
    },
    {
      "english": "young cow, heifer",
      "roman": "dámalis",
      "word": "δᾰ́μᾰλις"
    },
    {
      "english": "young bull or cow",
      "roman": "móskhos",
      "word": "μόσχος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "pórtis",
      "word": "πόρτις"
    },
    {
      "english": "cow that has not produced young",
      "roman": "steîra",
      "word": "στεῖρα"
    },
    {
      "english": "bull",
      "roman": "taûros",
      "word": "ταῦρος"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "2": "βοῦς",
        "AP": "βοῦς",
        "AS": "βοῦν",
        "DP": "βουσί(ν)",
        "DS": "βοΐ",
        "GD": "βοοῖν",
        "GP": "βοῶν",
        "GS": "βοός",
        "ND": "βόε",
        "NP": "βόες",
        "VS": "βοῦ",
        "form": "MF-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "irreg",
        "2": "βοῦς",
        "AP": "βόας, βοῦς",
        "AS": "βοῦν, βῶν",
        "DP": "βουσί(ν), βόεσσι(ν)",
        "DS": "βοΐ",
        "GD": "βοοῖν",
        "GP": "βοῶν",
        "GS": "βοός",
        "ND": "βόε",
        "NP": "βόες",
        "VS": "βοῦ",
        "dial": "epi",
        "form": "MF-full"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cow, ox, cattle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "ox",
          "ox"
        ],
        [
          "cattle",
          "cattle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I know on the right, and I know on the left how to wield my dried\nshield, which to me seems sturdy in fighting:",
          "ref": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 7.238–239",
          "roman": "azaléēn, tó moi ésti talaúrinon polemízein;",
          "text": "οἶδ’ ἐπὶ δεξιά, οἶδ’ ἐπ’ ἀριστερὰ νωμῆσαι βῶν\nἀζαλέην, τό μοι ἔστι ταλαύρινον πολεμίζειν·\noîd’ epì dexiá, oîd’ ep’ aristerà nōmêsai bôn"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "shield"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shield",
          "shield"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bûːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βus/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vus/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bûːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/bus/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/βus/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vus/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vus/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "aigís",
      "sense": "shield",
      "word": "αἰγίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aspídion",
      "sense": "shield",
      "word": "ἀσπίδιον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "aspís",
      "sense": "shield",
      "word": "ἀσπίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "boágrion",
      "sense": "shield",
      "word": "βοάγριον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "krígdanon",
      "sense": "shield",
      "word": "κρίγδανον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "péltē",
      "sense": "shield",
      "word": "πέλτη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "rhīnós",
      "sense": "shield",
      "word": "ῥῑνός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sákos",
      "sense": "shield",
      "word": "σάκος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "skoûta",
      "sense": "shield",
      "word": "σκοῦτα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bôs",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "βῶς"
    }
  ],
  "word": "βοῦς"
}

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