βουλάπαθον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ λάπαθον (lápathon, “monk's rhubarb”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buː.lá.pa.tʰon/ → /βuˈla.pa.θon/ → /vuˈla.pa.θon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /buː.lá.pa.tʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /buˈla.pa.tʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βuˈla.pa.θon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vuˈla.pa.θon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vuˈla.pa.θon/

Noun

βουλᾰ́πᾰθον • (boulắpăthon) n (genitive βουλᾰπᾰ́θου); second declension

1. French sorrel (Rumex scutatus)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βουλᾰ́πᾰθον; τοῦ βουλᾰπᾰ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βουλᾰ́πᾰθον tò boulắpăthon	τὼ βουλᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ boulăpắthō	τᾰ̀ βουλᾰ́πᾰθᾰ tằ boulắpăthă
Genitive	τοῦ βουλᾰπᾰ́θου toû boulăpắthou	τοῖν βουλᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn boulăpắthoin	τῶν βουλᾰπᾰ́θων tôn boulăpắthōn
Dative	τῷ βουλᾰπᾰ́θῳ tôi boulăpắthōi	τοῖν βουλᾰπᾰ́θοιν toîn boulăpắthoin	τοῖς βουλᾰπᾰ́θοις toîs boulăpắthois
Accusative	τὸ βουλᾰ́πᾰθον tò boulắpăthon	τὼ βουλᾰπᾰ́θω tṑ boulăpắthō	τᾰ̀ βουλᾰ́πᾰθᾰ tằ boulắpăthă
Vocative	βουλᾰ́πᾰθον boulắpăthon	βουλᾰπᾰ́θω boulăpắthō	βουλᾰ́πᾰθᾰ boulắpăthă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βουλάπαθον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βουλάπαθον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βουλάπαθον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)