βοῦα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βούᾱ (boúā)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bûː.a/ → /ˈβu.a/ → /ˈvu.a/

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

Noun

βοῦᾰ • (boûă) f (genitive βούης); first declension

1. (at Sparta) a band of boys grouped together for training
   • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

First declension of ἡ βοῦᾰ; τῆς βούης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βοῦᾰ hē boûă	τὼ βούᾱ tṑ boúā	αἱ βοῦαι hai boûai
Genitive	τῆς βούης tês boúēs	τοῖν βούαιν toîn boúain	τῶν βουῶν tôn bouôn
Dative	τῇ βούῃ têi boúēi	τοῖν βούαιν toîn boúain	ταῖς βούαις taîs boúais
Accusative	τὴν βοῦᾰν tḕn boûăn	τὼ βούᾱ tṑ boúā	τᾱ̀ς βούᾱς tā̀s boúās
Vocative	βοῦᾰ boûă	βούᾱ boúā	βοῦαι boûai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “βοῦα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βούα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)