βούφθαλμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔːpʰ.tʰal.mon/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbupʰ.tʰal.mon/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβuɸ.θal.mon/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvuf.θal.mon/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvuf.θal.mon/

Noun

βούφθᾰλμον • (boúphthalmon) n (genitive βουφθᾰ́λμου); second declension

oxeye (Anacyclus radiatus)
Synonym: βᾰλσᾰμῐ́νη (balsamínē)

Declension

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants

Translingual: Buphthalmum

Further reading

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

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