βόας

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bó.as/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.as/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβo.as/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.as/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.as/

Noun

βόᾰς • (bóăs)

(Epic) accusative plural of βοῦς (boûs)

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from English boa, suffixed with -ας (-as).

Noun

βόας • (vóas) m (plural βόες)

boa, boid (snake of the Boidae)

Declension

Declension of **βόας**
	singular	plural
nominative	βόας (vóas)	βόες (vóes)
genitive	βόα (vóa)	βοών (voón)
accusative	βόα (vóa)	βόες (vóes)
vocative	βόα (vóa)	βόες (vóes)

Derived terms

βόας συσφιγκτήρας (vóas sysfigktíras, “boa constrictor”)
δεν είναι βόας, δεν είναι κροταλίας (den eínai vóas, den eínai krotalías)

Related terms

βοΐδες f pl (voḯdes, “Boidae”)

See also

βόας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el