βουρδών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin burdō (“mule”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /buːr.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /burˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βurˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vurˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vurˈðon/
Noun
βουρδών • (bourdṓn) m (genitive βουρδῶνος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βουρδών ho bourdṓn |
τὼ βουρδῶνε tṑ bourdône |
οἱ βουρδῶνες hoi bourdônes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βουρδῶνος toû bourdônos |
τοῖν βουρδώνοιν toîn bourdṓnoin |
τῶν βουρδώνων tôn bourdṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βουρδῶνῐ tōî bourdônĭ |
τοῖν βουρδώνοιν toîn bourdṓnoin |
τοῖς βουρδῶσῐ / βουρδῶσῐν toîs bourdôsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βουρδῶνᾰ tòn bourdônă |
τὼ βουρδῶνε tṑ bourdône |
τοὺς βουρδῶνᾰς toùs bourdônăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βουρδών bourdṓn |
βουρδῶνε bourdône |
βουρδῶνες bourdônes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βουρδωνάριον (bourdōnárion)
- βουρδωνάριος (bourdōnários)
Further reading
- “βουρδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βουρδών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN