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βοῦς
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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βοῦς
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βοῦς
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βους
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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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6524
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n6528
Key:
bou=s

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