βουσέλινον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + σέλινον (sélinon, “celery”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /buː.sé.liː.non/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /buˈse.li.non/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βuˈse.li.non/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vuˈse.li.non/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vuˈse.li.non/
Noun
βουσέλῑνον • (bousélīnon) n (genitive βουσελῑ́νου); second declension
- Cretan alexanders (Smyrnium perfoliatum)
- Synonym: σμῠ́ρνῐον (smŭ́rnĭon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βουσέλῑνον tò bousélīnon |
τὼ βουσελῑ́νω tṑ bouselī́nō |
τᾰ̀ βουσέλῑνᾰ tằ bousélīnă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βουσελῑ́νου toû bouselī́nou |
τοῖν βουσελῑ́νοιν toîn bouselī́noin |
τῶν βουσελῑ́νων tôn bouselī́nōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βουσελῑ́νῳ tōî bouselī́nōi |
τοῖν βουσελῑ́νοιν toîn bouselī́noin |
τοῖς βουσελῑ́νοις toîs bouselī́nois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βουσέλῑνον tò bousélīnon |
τὼ βουσελῑ́νω tṑ bouselī́nō |
τᾰ̀ βουσέλῑνᾰ tằ bousélīnă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βουσέλῑνον bousélīnon |
βουσελῑ́νω bouselī́nō |
βουσέλῑνᾰ bousélīnă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βουσέλινον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βουσέλινον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βουσέλινον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)