βούλιμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + λῑμός (līmós, “hunger”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bǔː.liː.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbu.li.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβu.li.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvu.li.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvu.li.mos/
Noun
βούλῑμος • (boúlīmos) m or f (genitive βουλῑ́μου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βούλῑμος ho boúlīmos |
τὼ βουλῑ́μω tṑ boulī́mō |
οἱ βούλῑμοι hoi boúlīmoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βουλῑ́μου toû boulī́mou |
τοῖν βουλῑ́μοιν toîn boulī́moin |
τῶν βουλῑ́μων tôn boulī́mōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βουλῑ́μῳ tōî boulī́mōi |
τοῖν βουλῑ́μοιν toîn boulī́moin |
τοῖς βουλῑ́μοις toîs boulī́mois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βούλῑμον tòn boúlīmon |
τὼ βουλῑ́μω tṑ boulī́mō |
τοὺς βουλῑ́μους toùs boulī́mous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βούλῑμε boúlīme |
βουλῑ́μω boulī́mō |
βούλῑμοι boúlīmoi | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Derived terms
- βουλῑμίᾱ (boulīmíā)
- βουλῑμίᾱσις (boulīmíāsis)
- βουλῑμιάω (boulīmiáō)
- βουλῑμώδης (boulīmṓdēs)
Descendants
- → Hebrew: בולמוס (bulmus/bulmos, “ravenous hunger”)
Further reading
- “βούλιμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βούλιμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βούλιμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)