βούπρηστις

Ancient Greek

From βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) and the stem of the verb πρήθω (prḗthō) or πίμπρημι (pímprēmi, “I burn, inflame, inflate”)

βούπρηστῐς • (boúprēstĭs) f (genitive βουπρήστῐδος); third declension

poisonous beetle, which being eaten by cattle in the grass causes them to swell up and die
hare's ear (Bupleurum lancifolium)

Third declension of ἡ βούπρηστῐς; τῆς βουπρήστῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βούπρηστῐς hē boúprēstĭs	τὼ βουπρήστῐδε tṑ bouprḗstĭde	αἱ βουπρήστῐδες hai bouprḗstĭdes
Genitive	τῆς βουπρήστῐδος tês bouprḗstĭdos	τοῖν βουπρηστῐ́δοιν toîn bouprēstĭ́doin	τῶν βουπρηστῐ́δων tôn bouprēstĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ βουπρήστῐδῐ tēî bouprḗstĭdĭ	τοῖν βουπρηστῐ́δοιν toîn bouprēstĭ́doin	ταῖς βουπρήστῐσῐ / βουπρήστῐσῐν taîs bouprḗstĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν βουπρήστῐδᾰ tḕn bouprḗstĭdă	τὼ βουπρήστῐδε tṑ bouprḗstĭde	τᾱ̀ς βουπρήστῐδᾰς tā̀s bouprḗstĭdăs
Vocative	βούπρηστῐς boúprēstĭs	βουπρήστῐδε bouprḗstĭde	βουπρήστῐδες bouprḗstĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.