βουλυτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “loosen”) +‎ -τός (-tós, “a suffix that creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.lyː.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bu.lyˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βu.lyˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vu.lyˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vu.liˈtos/

Noun

βουλῡτός • (boulūtós) m (genitive βουλῡτοῦ); second declension

ellipsis of καιρός βουλυτός (kairós boulutós): time for unyoking oxen, i.e. early afternoon

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βουλῡτός; τοῦ βουλῡτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ βουλῡτός ho boulūtós
Genitive	τοῦ βουλῡτοῦ toû boulūtoû
Dative	τῷ βουλῡτῷ tōî boulūtōî
Accusative	τὸν βουλῡτόν tòn boulūtón
Vocative	βουλῡτέ boulūté
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of βουλῡτός; βουλῡτοῦ (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	βουλῡτός boulūtós
Genitive	βουλῡτοῦ / βουλῡτοῖο / βουλῡτόο boulūtoû / boulūtoîo / boulūtóo
Dative	βουλῡτῷ boulūtōî
Accusative	βουλῡτόν boulūtón
Vocative	βουλῡτέ boulūté
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Synonyms

βουλύσιος ὥρη (boulúsios hṓrē)

Related terms

βουλύσιος (voulýsios)
βούλυσις (boúlusis) (in Cicero)
βουλῡτόνδε (boulūtónde) (in Homer)

see: βοῦς (boûs) and λύω (lúō)