βοῦα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βούᾱ (boúā)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bûː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbu.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβu.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvu.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvu.a/
Noun
βοῦᾰ • (boûă) f (genitive βούης); first declension
- (at Sparta) a band of boys grouped together for training
- 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ βοῦᾰ hē boûă |
τὼ βούᾱ tṑ boúā |
αἱ βοῦαι hai boûai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς βούης tês boúēs |
τοῖν βούαιν toîn boúain |
τῶν βουῶν tôn bouôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ βούῃ tēî boúēi |
τοῖν βούαιν toîn boúain |
ταῖς βούαις taîs boúais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν βοῦᾰν tḕn boûăn |
τὼ βούᾱ tṑ boúā |
τᾱ̀ς βούᾱς tā̀s boúās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βοῦᾰ boûă |
βούᾱ boúā |
βοῦαι boûai | ||||||||||
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References
- “βοῦα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βούα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)