βούσυκον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) +‎ σῦκον (sûkon, “fig”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.syː.kon/ → /ˈβu.sy.kon/ → /ˈvu.si.kon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.syː.kon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.sy.kon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.sy.kon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.sy.kon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.si.kon/

Noun

βούσῡκον • (boúsūkon) n (genitive βουσῡ́κου); second declension

1. kind of large, coarse fig

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βούσῡκον; τοῦ βουσῡ́κου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βούσῡκον tò boúsūkon	τὼ βουσῡ́κω tṑ bousū́kō	τᾰ̀ βούσῡκᾰ tà boúsūka
Genitive	τοῦ βουσῡ́κου toû bousū́kou	τοῖν βουσῡ́κοιν toîn bousū́koin	τῶν βουσῡ́κων tôn bousū́kōn
Dative	τῷ βουσῡ́κῳ tôi bousū́kōi	τοῖν βουσῡ́κοιν toîn bousū́koin	τοῖς βουσῡ́κοις toîs bousū́kois
Accusative	τὸ βούσῡκον tò boúsūkon	τὼ βουσῡ́κω tṑ bousū́kō	τᾰ̀ βούσῡκᾰ tà boúsūka
Vocative	βούσῡκον boúsūkon	βουσῡ́κω bousū́kō	βούσῡκᾰ boúsūka
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βούσυκον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βούσυκον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βούσυκον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)