βουτρόφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ τρέφω (tréphō, “to feed”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buː.tró.pʰos/ → /βuˈtro.ɸos/ → /vuˈtro.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.tró.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /buˈtro.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βuˈtro.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vuˈtro.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vuˈtro.fos/

Adjective

βουτρόφος • (boutróphos) m or f (neuter βουτρόφον); second declension

1. ox-feeding

Inflection

Second declension of βουτρόφος; βουτρόφον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βουτρόφος boutróphos	βουτρόφον boutróphon		βουτρόφω boutróphō	βουτρόφω boutróphō		βουτρόφοι boutróphoi	βουτρόφᾰ boutrópha
Genitive		βουτρόφου boutróphou	βουτρόφου boutróphou		βουτρόφοιν boutróphoin	βουτρόφοιν boutróphoin		βουτρόφων boutróphōn	βουτρόφων boutróphōn
Dative		βουτρόφῳ boutróphōi	βουτρόφῳ boutróphōi		βουτρόφοιν boutróphoin	βουτρόφοιν boutróphoin		βουτρόφοις boutróphois	βουτρόφοις boutróphois
Accusative		βουτρόφον boutróphon	βουτρόφον boutróphon		βουτρόφω boutróphō	βουτρόφω boutróphō		βουτρόφους boutróphous	βουτρόφᾰ boutrópha
Vocative		βουτρόφε boutróphe	βουτρόφον boutróphon		βουτρόφω boutróphō	βουτρόφω boutróphō		βουτρόφοι boutróphoi	βουτρόφᾰ boutrópha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βουτρόφως boutróphōs			βουτροφώτερος boutrophṓteros			βουτροφώτᾰτος boutrophṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βουτροφῐ́ᾱ (boutrophíā)

Further reading

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