βούβαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • βούβᾰλις (boúbalis)

Etymology

Perhaps from βοῦς (boûs), but it may be a loanword from an unknown source (such as Pre-Greek) that was associated with the native word secondarily.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βούβᾰλος • (boúbalos) m (genitive βουβᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. an antelope, possibly a bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus)
  2. buffalo

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βούβᾰλος; τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βούβᾰλος
ho boúbalos		 τὼ βουβᾰ́λω
tṑ boubálō		 οἱ βούβᾰλοι
hoi boúbaloi
Genitive τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου
toû boubálou		 τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν
toîn boubáloin		 τῶν βουβᾰ́λων
tôn boubálōn
Dative τῷ βουβᾰ́λῳ
tôi boubálōi		 τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν
toîn boubáloin		 τοῖς βουβᾰ́λοις
toîs boubálois
Accusative τὸν βούβᾰλον
tòn boúbalon		 τὼ βουβᾰ́λω
tṑ boubálō		 τοὺς βουβᾰ́λους
toùs boubálous
Vocative βούβᾰλε
boúbale		 βουβᾰ́λω
boubálō		 βούβᾰλοι
boúbaloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: βούβαλος (voúvalos), βουβάλι (vouváli)
  • → Latin: būbalus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “buffalo”).

Noun

βούβαλος • (voúvalos) m (plural βούβαλοι, feminine βουβάλα)

  1. buffalo, male or bull buffalo

Usage notes

May be used with male and female animals.

Declension
declension of βούβαλος
case     \     number singular plural
nominative βούβαλος • βούβαλοι •
genitive βούβαλου • βούβαλων •
accusative βούβαλο • βούβαλους •
vocative βούβαλε • βούβαλοι •

Derived terms

Further reading
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