Βουγονία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βουγονής (bougonḗs, “born of an ox”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γονή (gonḗ, “offspring”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /buː.ɡo.ní.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bu.ɡoˈni.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βu.ɣoˈni.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vu.ɣoˈni.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vu.ɣoˈni.a/
Proper noun
Βουγονῐ́ᾱ • (Bougonĭ́ā) f (genitive Βουγονῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Bugonia (the title of a poem by Eumelus of Corinth according to Varro)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Βουγονῐ́ᾱ hē Bougonĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Βουγονῐ́ᾱς tês Bougonĭ́ās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Βουγονῐ́ᾳ tēî Bougonĭ́āi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Βουγονῐ́ᾱν tḕn Bougonĭ́ān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Βουγονῐ́ᾱ Bougonĭ́ā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: būgonia
References
- “βουγονής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Βουγονία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)