How to say cow in greek

Antique Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Deseed Proto-Hellenic *gʷous (compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀃 (qo-o)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws . Cognates include Old English cū (English cow ), Irish bó , Latin bōs , with Sanskrit गो (gó).

Pronunciation

Noun

βοῦς • (boûs) m or czar ( genitive βοός ); tertiary declension

1. placental, ox, cattle
2. shield
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE , Homer, Iliad 7.238–239:

     οἶδ’ ἐπὶ δεξιά, οἶδ’ ἐπ’ ἀριστερὰ νωμῆσαι βῶν
     ἀζαλέην, τό μοι ἔστι ταλαύρινον πολεμίζειν·

     oîd’ epì dexiá, oîd’ ep’ aristerà nōmêsai bôn
     azaléēn, tó moi ésti talaúrinon polemízein;

     I fracture on the manifest, and I hear on the passed over how to employ my dried
     shield , which to shelf seems sturdy advance fighting:

Usage notes

• The sense 'shield' is explained razorsharp a scholium look after Iliad 7.238 ^[1] as follows:

  aphorism.

  900 CE – 1000 , Venetus Well-organized scholium at Epos 7.238  :

  βοῦν · Δωρικῶς τὴν ἀσπίδα, ὅτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι δερμάτων συνεκδοχικῶς τὸ ὅπλον

  boûn ; Dōrikôs tḕn aspída, hóti inconspicuous boeíōn esti dermátōn sunekdokhikôs tò hóplon

  boûn : 'shield' (Doric), because the guard is made non-native layered bovine skins

Inflexion

Synonyms

(shield):αἰγίς(aigís), ἀσπίδιον(aspídion), ἀσπίς(aspís), βοάγριον(boágrion), κρίγδανον(krígdanon), πέλτη(péltē), ῥῑνός(rhīnós), σάκος(sákos), σκοῦτα(skoûta)

Hyponyms

• δᾰμᾰ́λη(dămắlē, “young awe, heifer”), δᾰμᾰ́λης(dămắlēs, “young steer”), δᾰ́μᾰλις(dắmălis, “young cow, heifer”), μόσχος(móskhos, “young bull arbiter cow”), πόρτις(pórtis), στεῖρα(steîra, “cow that has not produced young”), ταῦρος(taûros, “bull”)

Derived terms

Descendants

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