βούτραγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ τράγος (trágos, “goat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.tra.ɡos/ → /ˈβu.tra.ɣos/ → /ˈvu.tra.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.tra.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.tra.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.tra.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.tra.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.tra.ɣos/

Noun

βούτρᾰγος • (boútrăgos) m (genitive βουτρᾰ́γου); second declension

1. fabulous animal, half ox and half goat

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βούτρᾰγος; τοῦ βουτρᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βούτρᾰγος ho boútrăgos	τὼ βουτρᾰ́γω tṑ boutrắgō	οἱ βούτρᾰγοι hoi boútrăgoi
Genitive	τοῦ βουτρᾰ́γου toû boutrắgou	τοῖν βουτρᾰ́γοιν toîn boutrắgoin	τῶν βουτρᾰ́γων tôn boutrắgōn
Dative	τῷ βουτρᾰ́γῳ tôi boutrắgōi	τοῖν βουτρᾰ́γοιν toîn boutrắgoin	τοῖς βουτρᾰ́γοις toîs boutrắgois
Accusative	τὸν βούτρᾰγον tòn boútrăgon	τὼ βουτρᾰ́γω tṑ boutrắgō	τοὺς βουτρᾰ́γους toùs boutrắgous
Vocative	βούτρᾰγε boútrăge	βουτρᾰ́γω boutrắgō	βούτρᾰγοι boútrăgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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