βούβαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βούβᾰλις (boúbălis)

Etymology

Perhaps from βοῦς (boûs), but it may be a loanword from an unknown source (such as Pre-Greek) that was associated with the native word secondarily.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βούβᾰλος • (boúbălos) m (genitive βουβᾰ́λου); second declension

  1. an antelope, possibly a bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus)
  2. buffalo

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βούβᾰλος; τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βούβᾰλος
ho boúbălos 		τὼ βουβᾰ́λω
tṑ boubắlō 		οἱ βούβᾰλοι
hoi boúbăloi
Genitive τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου
toû boubắlou 		τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν
toîn boubắloin 		τῶν βουβᾰ́λων
tôn boubắlōn
Dative τῷ βουβᾰ́λῳ
tōî boubắlōi 		τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν
toîn boubắloin 		τοῖς βουβᾰ́λοις
toîs boubắlois
Accusative τὸν βούβᾰλον
tòn boúbălon 		τὼ βουβᾰ́λω
tṑ boubắlō 		τοὺς βουβᾰ́λους
toùs boubắlous
Vocative βούβᾰλε
boúbăle 		βουβᾰ́λω
boubắlō 		βούβᾰλοι
boúbăloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: βούβαλος (voúvalos), βουβάλι (vouváli)
  • → Latin: būbalus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “buffalo”).

Noun

βούβαλος • (voúvalos) m (plural βούβαλοι, feminine βουβάλα)

  1. buffalo, male or bull buffalo

Usage notes

May be used with male and female animals.

Declension

Declension of βούβαλος
singular plural
nominative βούβαλος (voúvalos) βούβαλοι (voúvaloi)
genitive βούβαλου (voúvalou) βούβαλων (voúvalon)
accusative βούβαλο (voúvalo) βούβαλους (voúvalous)
vocative βούβαλε (voúvale) βούβαλοι (voúvaloi)

Derived terms

Further reading

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