βοῦς
Scaife ATLAS
Cambridge Greek Lexicon
ShortDef
cow
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Headword:
βοῦς
Headword (normalized):
βοῦς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βους
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IDX:
7709
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-7710
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{ "headword": "βοῦς", "data": { "headword_display": "<b>βοῦς</b>", "content": "<NE><HG><HL>βοῦς</HL><DL><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><FmHL>βῶς</FmHL></DL><Infl>βοός</Infl><PS>m.f</PS></HG> <FG><Case><Lbl>acc.</Lbl><Form>βοῦν</Form><Lbl>ep. and dial.</Lbl><Form>βῶν</Form></Case><Case><Lbl>du.</Lbl><Form>βόε</Form></Case><Num><Case><LBL>pl.</LBL><Lbl>nom.</Lbl><Form>βόες</Form><Lbl>also</Lbl><Form>βοῦς</Form><Au>Plu.</Au></Case><Case><Lbl>acc.</Lbl><Form>βοῦς</Form><Lbl>also</Lbl><Form>βόας</Form><Lbl>dial.</Lbl><Form>βῶς</Form></Case><Case><Lbl>gen.</Lbl><Form>βοῶν</Form><Lbl>also as monosyllab.</Lbl><Au>Hes.</Au></Case><Case><Lbl>dat.</Lbl><Form>βουσί</Form><Lbl>ep.</Lbl><Form>βόεσσι</Form></Case></Num></FG> <nS1><Def>bovine animal</Def><nS2><Indic><ital>m.</ital></Indic><Tr>ox, bull, bullock<Expl>sts. w.adj. <Ref>ἄρσην</Ref> <ital>male</ital> or appos.w. <Ref>ταῦρος</Ref> <ital>bull</ital></Expl></Tr><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au></nS2><nS2><Indic>as a disguise of Zeus</Indic><Au>Mosch.</Au></nS2><nS2><Indic>as the Egyptian deity Apis</Indic><Au>Arist.</Au></nS2></nS1> <nS1><Indic><ital>m.</ital></Indic><Def>young bull<Expl>castrated and used as a work animal, for carts, ploughs, threshing</Expl></Def><Tr>ox, bullock</Tr><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au><SGrm><GLbl>du.<and/>pl.</GLbl><Def>bullock team</Def><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au></SGrm></nS1> <nS1><Tr>ox<Expl>exemplifying that which is strong, large or valuable, esp. as a relative measure of cost or size</Expl></Tr><Au>Il.<NBPlus/></Au><Phr><Indic>provbl.phr.</Indic><Gr>βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ<Expl><Gr>ἐπιβαίνων</Gr>, <Gr>βέβηκε</Gr></Expl></Gr><TrPhr>an ox<Prnth>stepping or is standing</Prnth>on one's tongue<Expl>so that one cannot speak freely</Expl><Au>Thgn. A.</Au></TrPhr></Phr></nS1> <nS1><Indic><ital>f.</ital></Indic><Tr>cow<Expl>esp. as giving birth to calves, being milked</Expl></Tr><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au><nS2><Indic>fig.ref. to a woman</Indic><Au>A. Pi.</Au></nS2></nS1> <nS1><Indic><ital>f.</ital></Indic><Def>young cow</Def><Tr>heifer</Tr><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au><nS2><Indic>ref. to Io metamorphosed</Indic><Au>A. B. Call. Mosch.</Au></nS2></nS1> <nS1><Indic><ital>m.</ital> or <ital>f.</ital></Indic><Tr>ox<Expl>as an animal for sacrifice and feasting</Expl></Tr><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au><nS2><Indic>as having thick hide or hair, or as a source of hide, horn, bone or sinew</Indic><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au></nS2><nS2><Indic>as a prize or gift</Indic><Au>Il.<NBPlus/></Au></nS2><nS2><Indic>represented in an image or as a statue</Indic><Au>Il. Hdt. Men. Plu.</Au></nS2></nS1><nS1><Indic>specif., <ital>f.</ital></Indic><Tr>ox-hide shield</Tr><Au>Il.</Au></nS1> <nS1><SGrm><GLbl>pl.<Expl>usu. <ital>f.</ital></Expl></GLbl><Def>oxen, cattle</Def><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au><nS2><Indic>representing wealth and prosperity, desirable as gifts, prizes or booty</Indic><Au>Hom.<NBPlus/></Au></nS2><nS2><Indic>belonging to Apollo, the Sun, Geryon</Indic><Au>Od.<NBPlus/></Au></nS2><nS2><Indic>sacred in Egypt</Indic><Au>Hdt.</Au></nS2></SGrm></nS1></NE>", "key": "βοῦς" }, "senses": [], "citations": [], "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-7710" }