βουκράνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From of βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “cranium, head”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βουκρᾱ́νῐον • (boukrā́nĭon) n (genitive βουκρᾱνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. ox-head, bucranium
  2. black bryony (Tamus communis)
    Synonym: ἄμπελος μἐλαινα (ámpelos melaina)
  3. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium)
    Synonyms: ἀνάρρινον (anárrhinon), ἀντίρρινον (antírrhinon), κυνοκεφάλιον (kunokephálion), πῐθήκῐον (pĭthḗkĭon)
  4. fleawort (Plantago psyllium)
    Synonyms: κρυστᾰ́λλῐον (krustắllĭon), κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon), ψύλλιον (psúllion)
  5. (medicine) machine for reducing dislocations

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βουκρᾱ́νῐον; τοῦ βουκρᾱνῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βουκρᾱ́νῐον
tò boukrā́nĭon 		τὼ βουκρᾱνῐ́ω
tṑ boukrānĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ βουκρᾱ́νῐᾰ
tằ boukrā́nĭă
Genitive τοῦ βουκρᾱνῐ́ου
toû boukrānĭ́ou 		τοῖν βουκρᾱνῐ́οιν
toîn boukrānĭ́oin 		τῶν βουκρᾱνῐ́ων
tôn boukrānĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ βουκρᾱνῐ́ῳ
tōî boukrānĭ́ōi 		τοῖν βουκρᾱνῐ́οιν
toîn boukrānĭ́oin 		τοῖς βουκρᾱνῐ́οις
toîs boukrānĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ βουκρᾱ́νῐον
tò boukrā́nĭon 		τὼ βουκρᾱνῐ́ω
tṑ boukrānĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ βουκρᾱ́νῐᾰ
tằ boukrā́nĭă
Vocative βουκρᾱ́νῐον
boukrā́nĭon 		βουκρᾱνῐ́ω
boukrānĭ́ō 		βουκρᾱ́νῐᾰ
boukrā́nĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: būcrānium

Further reading

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