βούπρηστις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) and the stem of the verb πρήθω (prḗthō) or πίμπρημι (pímprēmi, “I burn, inflame, inflate”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.prɛːs.tis/ → /ˈβu.pris.tis/ → /ˈvu.pris.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.prɛːs.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.pre̝s.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.pris.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.pris.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.pris.tis/

Noun

βούπρηστῐς • (boúprēstĭs) f (genitive βουπρήστῐδος); third declension

1. poisonous beetle, which being eaten by cattle in the grass causes them to swell up and die
2. hare's ear (Bupleurum lancifolium)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ βούπρηστῐς; τῆς βουπρήστῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βούπρηστῐς hē boúprēstĭs	τὼ βουπρήστῐδε tṑ bouprḗstĭde	αἱ βουπρήστῐδες hai bouprḗstĭdes
Genitive	τῆς βουπρήστῐδος tês bouprḗstĭdos	τοῖν βουπρηστῐ́δοιν toîn bouprēstĭ́doin	τῶν βουπρηστῐ́δων tôn bouprēstĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ βουπρήστῐδῐ têi bouprḗstĭdĭ	τοῖν βουπρηστῐ́δοιν toîn bouprēstĭ́doin	ταῖς βουπρήστῐσῐ / βουπρήστῐσῐν taîs bouprḗstĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν βουπρήστῐδᾰ tḕn bouprḗstĭdă	τὼ βουπρήστῐδε tṑ bouprḗstĭde	τᾱ̀ς βουπρήστῐδᾰς tā̀s bouprḗstĭdăs
Vocative	βούπρηστῐς boúprēstĭs	βουπρήστῐδε bouprḗstĭde	βουπρήστῐδες bouprḗstĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• Latin: būprēstis
• Translingual: Buprestis

References

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