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βοῦς Lat. bos (bov-is), a bullock, bull, ox, or a cow, in pl. oxen or kine, cattle, Hom., etc. = βοείη or βοέη (always fem.), an ox-hide shield, Il. proverb., βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσηι βέβηκε, βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσης ἐπιβαίνει, of people who keep silence from some weighty reason, from the notion of a heavy body keeping down the tongue, Theogn., Aesch.

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cow

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Headword:

βοῦς

Headword (normalized):

βοῦς

Headword (normalized/stripped):

βους

IDX:

6524

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6528

Key:

bou=s

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