βούτομον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βούτομος (boútomos)
Etymology
From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bǔː.to.mon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbu.to.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβu.to.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvu.to.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvu.to.mon/
Noun
βούτομον • (boútomon) n (genitive βουτόμου); second declension
- kind of sedge (Carex riparia)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βούτομον tò boútomon |
τὼ βουτόμω tṑ boutómō |
τᾰ̀ βούτομᾰ tằ boútomă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βουτόμου toû boutómou |
τοῖν βουτόμοιν toîn boutómoin |
τῶν βουτόμων tôn boutómōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βουτόμῳ tōî boutómōi |
τοῖν βουτόμοιν toîn boutómoin |
τοῖς βουτόμοις toîs boutómois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βούτομον tò boútomon |
τὼ βουτόμω tṑ boutómō |
τᾰ̀ βούτομᾰ tằ boútomă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βούτομον boútomon |
βουτόμω boutómō |
βούτομᾰ boútomă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: Butomus
References
- “βούτομον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βούτομον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βούτομον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)