βοῶπις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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)

(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 (2006–2018)
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

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