βοῦα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βούᾱ (boúā)

Etymology

Usually related to βοῦς (boûs, “cow”). See Kaczyńska (2019) for discussion.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βοῦᾰ • (boûă) f (genitive βούης); first declension

  1. (at Sparta) a band of boys grouped together for training
    • 5th century CE, Hesychius Alexandreus, Συναγωγὴ Πασῶν Λέξεων κατὰ Στοιχεῖον

Declension

First declension of ἡ βοῦᾰ; τῆς βούης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ βοῦᾰ
hē boûă 		τὼ βούᾱ
tṑ boúā 		αἱ βοῦαι
hai boûai
Genitive τῆς βούης
tês boúēs 		τοῖν βούαιν
toîn boúain 		τῶν βουῶν
tôn bouôn
Dative τῇ βούῃ
tēî boúēi 		τοῖν βούαιν
toîn boúain 		ταῖς βούαις
taîs boúais
Accusative τὴν βοῦᾰν
tḕn boûăn 		τὼ βούᾱ
tṑ boúā 		τᾱ̀ς βούᾱς
tā̀s boúās
Vocative βοῦᾰ
boûă 		βούᾱ
boúā 		βοῦαι
boûai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

  1. ^ Kaczyńska, Elwira (2019), “Laconian βοῦα 'Band of Boys' as a collective noun”, in Graeco-Latina Brunensia, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 93-103

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