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 • (boúphthălmon) n (genitive βουφθᾰ́λμου); second declension

1. oxeye (Anacyclus radiatus)

   Synonym: βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη (bălsămĭ́nē)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βούφθᾰλμον; τοῦ βουφθᾰ́λμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βούφθᾰλμον tò boúphthălmon	τὼ βουφθᾰ́λμω tṑ bouphthắlmō	τᾰ̀ βούφθᾰλμᾰ tằ boúphthălmă
Genitive	τοῦ βουφθᾰ́λμου toû bouphthắlmou	τοῖν βουφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn bouphthắlmoin	τῶν βουφθᾰ́λμων tôn bouphthắlmōn
Dative	τῷ βουφθᾰ́λμῳ tôi bouphthắlmōi	τοῖν βουφθᾰ́λμοιν toîn bouphthắlmoin	τοῖς βουφθᾰ́λμοις toîs bouphthắlmois
Accusative	τὸ βούφθᾰλμον tò boúphthălmon	τὼ βουφθᾰ́λμω tṑ bouphthắlmō	τᾰ̀ βούφθᾰλμᾰ tằ boúphthălmă
Vocative	βούφθᾰλμον boúphthălmon	βουφθᾰ́λμω bouphthắlmō	βούφθᾰλμᾰ boúphthălmă
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 (2006–2025)
• “βούφθαλμον – Anacyclus radiatus”, in Dioscórides Interactivo‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2025