βούβαλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βούβᾰλις (boúbălis)

Etymology

Perhaps from βοῦς (boûs), but it may be a loanword from an unknown source (such as Pre-Greek) that was associated with the native word secondarily.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.ba.los/ → /ˈβu.βa.los/ → /ˈvu.va.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.ba.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ba.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.βa.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.va.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.va.los/

Noun

βούβᾰλος • (boúbălos) m (genitive βουβᾰ́λου); second declension

1. an antelope, possibly a bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus)
2. buffalo

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βούβᾰλος; τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βούβᾰλος ho boúbălos	τὼ βουβᾰ́λω tṑ boubắlō	οἱ βούβᾰλοι hoi boúbăloi
Genitive	τοῦ βουβᾰ́λου toû boubắlou	τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν toîn boubắloin	τῶν βουβᾰ́λων tôn boubắlōn
Dative	τῷ βουβᾰ́λῳ tôi boubắlōi	τοῖν βουβᾰ́λοιν toîn boubắloin	τοῖς βουβᾰ́λοις toîs boubắlois
Accusative	τὸν βούβᾰλον tòn boúbălon	τὼ βουβᾰ́λω tṑ boubắlō	τοὺς βουβᾰ́λους toùs boubắlous
Vocative	βούβᾰλε boúbăle	βουβᾰ́λω boubắlō	βούβᾰλοι boúbăloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βουβάλειος (boubáleios)
• βουβάλιον (boubálion)

Descendants

• Greek: βούβαλος (voúvalos), βουβάλι (vouváli)
• → Latin: būbalus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “βούβαλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βούβαλος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βούβαλος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• βούβαλος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Alternative forms

• βουβάλι n (vouváli, “buffalo”)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “buffalo”).

Noun

βούβαλος • (voúvalos) m (plural βούβαλοι, feminine βουβάλα)

1. buffalo, male or bull buffalo

Usage notes

May be used with male and female animals.

Declension

Declension of βούβαλος

	singular	plural
nominative	βούβαλος (voúvalos)	βούβαλοι (voúvaloi)
genitive	βούβαλου (voúvalou)	βούβαλων (voúvalon)
accusative	βούβαλο (voúvalo)	βούβαλους (voúvalous)
vocative	βούβαλε (voúvale)	βούβαλοι (voúvaloi)

Derived terms

• παιδοβούβαλος m (paidovoúvalos, “fat, mollycoddled man; fat child”)

Further reading

• βούβαλος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el