βούφθαλμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔːpʰ.tʰal.mon/ → /ˈβuɸ.θal.mon/ → /ˈvuf.θal.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔːpʰ.tʰal.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbupʰ.tʰal.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβuɸ.θal.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvuf.θal.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvuf.θal.mon/

Noun

βούφθᾰλμον • (boúphthalmon) n (genitive βουφθᾰ́λμου); second declension

1. oxeye (Anacyclus radiatus)

   Synonym: βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη (balsamínē)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βούφθᾰλμον; τοῦ βουφθᾰ́λμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βούφθᾰλμον tò boúphthalmon	τὼ βουφθᾰ́λμω tṑ bouphthálmō	τᾰ̀ βούφθᾰλμᾰ tà boúphthalma
Genitive	τοῦ βουφθᾰ́λμου toû bouphthálmou	τοῖν βουφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn bouphthálmoin	τῶν βουφθᾰ́λμων tôn bouphthálmōn
Dative	τῷ βουφθᾰ́λμῳ tôi bouphthálmōi	τοῖν βουφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn bouphthálmoin	τοῖς βουφθᾰ́λμοις toîs bouphthálmois
Accusative	τὸ βούφθᾰλμον tò boúphthalmon	τὼ βουφθᾰ́λμω tṑ bouphthálmō	τᾰ̀ βούφθᾰλμᾰ tà boúphthalma
Vocative	βούφθᾰλμον boúphthalmon	βουφθᾰ́λμω bouphthálmō	βούφθᾰλμᾰ boúphthalma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Translingual: Buphthalmum

Further reading

• “βούφθαλμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βούφθαλμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βούφθαλμον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “βούφθαλμον – Anacyclus radiatus”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2024