βουλάπαθον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ λάπαθον (lápathon, “monk's rhubarb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buː.lá.pa.tʰon/ → /βuˈla.pa.θon/ → /vuˈla.pa.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.lá.pa.tʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /buˈla.pa.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βuˈla.pa.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vuˈla.pa.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vuˈla.pa.θon/

Noun

βουλᾰ́πᾰθον • (boulápathon) n (genitive βουλᾰπᾰ́θου); second declension

1. French sorrel (Rumex scutatus)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βουλᾰ́πᾰθον; τοῦ βουλᾰπᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βουλᾰ́πᾰθον tò boulápathon	τὼ βουλᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ boulapáthō	τᾰ̀ βουλᾰ́πᾰθᾰ tà boulápatha
Genitive	τοῦ βουλᾰπᾰ́θου toû boulapáthou	τοῖν βουλᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn boulapáthoin	τῶν βουλᾰπᾰ́θων tôn boulapáthōn
Dative	τῷ βουλᾰπᾰ́θῳ tôi boulapáthōi	τοῖν βουλᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn boulapáthoin	τοῖς βουλᾰπᾰ́θοις toîs boulapáthois
Accusative	τὸ βουλᾰ́πᾰθον tò boulápathon	τὼ βουλᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ boulapáthō	τᾰ̀ βουλᾰ́πᾰθᾰ tà boulápatha
Vocative	βουλᾰ́πᾰθον boulápathon	βουλᾰπᾰ́θω boulapáthō	βουλᾰ́πᾰθᾰ boulápatha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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