βοῦφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably of onomatopoeic origin, like Latin būbō (“owl”), Old Armenian բուէճ (buēč, “eagle owl”), and North Persian ⁧بوم⁩ (bum, “owl”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βοῦφος • (boûphos) m (genitive βούφου); second declension

  1. eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βοῦφος; τοῦ βούφου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βοῦφος
ho boûphos		 τὼ βούφω
tṑ boúphō		 οἱ βοῦφοι
hoi boûphoi
Genitive τοῦ βούφου
toû boúphou		 τοῖν βούφοιν
toîn boúphoin		 τῶν βούφων
tôn boúphōn
Dative τῷ βούφῳ
tôi boúphōi		 τοῖν βούφοιν
toîn boúphoin		 τοῖς βούφοις
toîs boúphois
Accusative τὸν βοῦφον
tòn boûphon		 τὼ βούφω
tṑ boúphō		 τοὺς βούφους
toùs boúphous
Vocative βοῦφε
boûphe		 βούφω
boúphō		 βοῦφοι
boûphoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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