bupaes

Latin

Alternative forms

• būpaeda

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek βούπαις (boúpais), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ παῖς (paîs, “boy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.pae̯s/, [ˈbuːpäe̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.pes/, [ˈbuːpes]

Noun

būpaes m (genitive būpaedos); third declension

1. a boy or youth of massive proportions: one, hyperbolically, as big as an ox

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcus Terentius Varro to this entry?)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Martianus Capella to this entry?)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant).

	singular	plural
nominative	būpaes	būpaedes
genitive	būpaedos	būpaedum
dative	būpaedī	būpaedibus
accusative	būpaeda	būpaedas
ablative	būpaede	būpaedibus
vocative	būpaes	būpaedes

References

• “būpaeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• BUPÆDES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• būpæs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 231/3.
• “būpaes” on page 245/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)