βούτραγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ τράγος (trágos, “goat”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.tra.ɡos/ → /ˈβu.tra.ɣos/ → /ˈvu.tra.ɣos/

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

Noun

βούτρᾰγος • (boútragos) m (genitive βουτρᾰ́γου); second declension

1. fabulous animal, half ox and half goat

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βούτρᾰγος; τοῦ βουτρᾰ́γου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βούτρᾰγος ho boútragos	τὼ βουτρᾰ́γω tṑ boutrágō	οἱ βούτρᾰγοι hoi boútragoi
Genitive	τοῦ βουτρᾰ́γου toû boutrágou	τοῖν βουτρᾰ́γοιν toîn boutrágoin	τῶν βουτρᾰ́γων tôn boutrágōn
Dative	τῷ βουτρᾰ́γῳ tôi boutrágōi	τοῖν βουτρᾰ́γοιν toîn boutrágoin	τοῖς βουτρᾰ́γοις toîs boutrágois
Accusative	τὸν βούτρᾰγον tòn boútragon	τὼ βουτρᾰ́γω tṑ boutrágō	τοὺς βουτρᾰ́γους toùs boutrágous
Vocative	βούτρᾰγε boútrage	βουτρᾰ́γω boutrágō	βούτρᾰγοι boútragoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βούτραγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βούτραγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βούτραγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)