βουβάλιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βουβάλιος (boubálios)

Etymology

From βούβαλος (boúbalos, “buffalo”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buː.bá.li.on/ → /βuˈβa.li.on/ → /vuˈva.li.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.bá.li.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /buˈba.li.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βuˈβa.li.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vuˈva.li.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vuˈva.li.on/

Noun

βουβᾰ́λῐον • (boubálion) n (genitive βουβᾰλῐ́ου); second declension

1. squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)

   Synonyms: σίκυς άγριος m (síkus ágrios), ἐλατήριον n (elatḗrion), νότιον n (nótion), φέρομβρον n (phérombron), βάλλις f (bállis), σκόπιον n (skópion), γρῦνον n (grûnon), πευκέδανον n (peukédanon), σκόρπιον n (skórpion)

2. (in the plural) kind of bracelet

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βουβᾰ́λῐον; τοῦ βουβᾰλῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βουβᾰ́λῐον tò boubálion	τὼ βουβᾰλῐ́ω tṑ boubalíō	τᾰ̀ βουβᾰ́λῐᾰ tà boubália
Genitive	τοῦ βουβᾰλῐ́ου toû boubalíou	τοῖν βουβᾰλῐ́οιν toîn boubalíoin	τῶν βουβᾰλῐ́ων tôn boubalíōn
Dative	τῷ βουβᾰλῐ́ῳ tôi boubalíōi	τοῖν βουβᾰλῐ́οιν toîn boubalíoin	τοῖς βουβᾰλῐ́οις toîs boubalíois
Accusative	τὸ βουβᾰ́λῐον tò boubálion	τὼ βουβᾰλῐ́ω tṑ boubalíō	τᾰ̀ βουβᾰ́λῐᾰ tà boubália
Vocative	βουβᾰ́λῐον boubálion	βουβᾰλῐ́ω boubalíō	βουβᾰ́λῐᾰ boubália
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βουβάλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βουβάλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βουβάλιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)