"Bucephalus" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|Būcephalus}} Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, {{der|en|grc|Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας}} Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), {{compound|grc|βοῦς|κεφᾰλή|-ᾱς|nocat=yes|t1=ox|t2=head}} βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Bucephalus
  1. (historical) The warhorse of Alexander the Great. Tags: historical Translations (the warhorse of Alexander the Great): Βουκεφᾰ́λᾱς (Boukephálās) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Bukephalos (Danish), Bukefalos (Finnish), Bukephalosz (Hungarian), Būcephalus (Latin), Бу́кефал (Búkefal) [masculine] (Macedonian), बुसेफालस (busephālas) [masculine] (Marathi), बौकेफालोस (baukephālos) [masculine] (Marathi), Bucefał [masculine] (Polish), Bucéfalo [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-Bucephalus-en-name-Upr4X2S5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 27 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 13 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 22 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 60 24 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 73 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 21 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 23 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 64 22 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 64 22 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 63 23 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 62 24 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 65 22 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Bucephalas

Noun

Forms: Bucephaluses [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|Būcephalus}} Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, {{der|en|grc|Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας}} Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), {{compound|grc|βοῦς|κεφᾰλή|-ᾱς|nocat=yes|t1=ox|t2=head}} βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās) Head templates: {{en-noun}} Bucephalus (plural Bucephaluses)
  1. (humorous) Any horse used for riding. Tags: humorous
    Sense id: en-Bucephalus-en-noun-YcQ5GrB2
  2. (figurative, obsolete) That which is the greatest of its kind. Tags: figuratively, obsolete
    Sense id: en-Bucephalus-en-noun-wqB9ftA~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Bucephalas

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.