βοῶπις

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 September 2020

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.ɔ̂ː.pis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /boˈo.pis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βoˈo.pis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /voˈo.pis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /voˈo.pis/

Adjective

βοῶπις • (boôpis) f (genitive βοώπιδος)

(Homeric epithet of Hera and women) ox-eyed; having large, full eyes
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.144–145:
  ἅμα τῇ γε καὶ ἀμφίπολοι δύ’ ἕποντο,
  Αἴθρη Πιτθῆος θυγάτηρ, Κλυμένη τε βοῶπις·
  háma têi ge kaì amphípoloi dú’ héponto,
  Aíthrē Pitthêos thugátēr, Kluménē te boôpis;
  with her followed two handmaidens,
  Aethra daughter of Pittheus and ox-eyed Clymene
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.551:
  Τὸν δ’ ἠμείβετ’ ἔπειτα βοῶπις πότνια Ἥρη·
  Tòn d’ ēmeíbet’ épeita boôpis pótnia Hḗrē;
  Then ox-eyed queen Hera answered him:

Inflection

Third declension of βοῶπῐς; βοώπῐδος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	βοῶπῐς boôpis
Genitive	βοώπῐδος boṓpidos
Dative	βοώπῐδῐ boṓpidi
Accusative	βοώπῐδᾰ boṓpida
Vocative	βοῶπῐς boôpis
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

“βοῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“βοῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“βοῶπις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
βοῶπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
βοῶπις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
βοῶπις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“βοῶπις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
“βοῶπις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.