bugonia
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γονή (gonḗ, “progeny”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bjuːˈɡəʊniə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]bugonia (uncountable)
- An ancient Mediterranean ritual based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow’s carcass.
Further reading
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek Βουγονία (Bougonía), from βοῦς (boûs) + γονή (gonḗ).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /buːˈɡo.ni.a/, [buːˈɡɔniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /buˈɡo.ni.a/, [buˈɡɔːniä]
Noun
[edit]būgonia f (genitive būgoniae); first declension
- the generating of bees from the putrid carcasses of cattle (recorded as the title of a work by the Ancient Greek philosopher Archelaus)
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcus Terentius Varro to this entry?)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | būgonia | būgoniae |
Genitive | būgoniae | būgoniārum |
Dative | būgoniae | būgoniīs |
Accusative | būgoniam | būgoniās |
Ablative | būgoniā | būgoniīs |
Vocative | būgonia | būgoniae |
References
[edit]- “būgŏnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- būgŏnĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 231/1.
- “Būgonia” on page 244/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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