βοῶπις

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 13 September 2020

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “cow”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”) +‎ -ις (-is, feminine adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bo.ɔ̂ː.pis/ → /βoˈo.pis/ → /voˈo.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.ɔ̂ː.pis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /boˈo.pis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βoˈo.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /voˈo.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /voˈo.pis/

Adjective

βοῶπις • (boôpis) f (genitive βοώπιδος)

1. (Homeric epithet of Hera and women) ox-eyed; having large, full eyes
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 3.144–145:

     ἅμα τῇ γε καὶ ἀμφίπολοι δύ’ ἕποντο,
     Αἴθρη Πιτθῆος θυγάτηρ, Κλυμένη τε βοῶπις·

     háma têi ge kaì amphípoloi dú’ héponto,
     Aíthrē Pitthêos thugátēr, Kluménē te boôpis;

     with her followed two handmaidens,
     Aethra daughter of Pittheus and ox-eyed Clymene

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 1.551:

     Τὸν δ’ ἠμείβετ’ ἔπειτα βοῶπις πότνια Ἥρη·

     Tòn d’ ēmeíbet’ épeita boôpis pótnia Hḗrē;

     Then ox-eyed queen Hera answered him:

Inflection

Third declension of βοῶπῐς; βοώπῐδος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	βοῶπῐς boôpis
Genitive	βοώπῐδος boṓpidos
Dative	βοώπῐδῐ boṓpidi
Accusative	βοώπῐδᾰ boṓpida
Vocative	βοῶπῐς boôpis
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “βοῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βοῶπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βοῶπις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βοῶπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βοῶπις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βοῶπις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “βοῶπις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “βοῶπις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers