βούγλωσσον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bǔː.ɡlɔːs.son/ → /ˈβu.ɣlos.son/ → /ˈvu.ɣlo.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bǔː.ɡlɔːs.son/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ɡlos.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβu.ɣlos.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ɣlos.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.ɣlo.son/

Noun

βούγλωσσον • (boúglōsson) n (genitive βουγλώσσου); second declension

1. Italian bugloss (Anchusa azurea)
2. (surgery) tongue depressor

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βούγλωσσον; τοῦ βουγλώσσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βούγλωσσον tò boúglōsson	τὼ βουγλώσσω tṑ bouglṓssō	τᾰ̀ βούγλωσσᾰ tằ boúglōssă
Genitive	τοῦ βουγλώσσου toû bouglṓssou	τοῖν βουγλώσσοιν toîn bouglṓssoin	τῶν βουγλώσσων tôn bouglṓssōn
Dative	τῷ βουγλώσσῳ tôi bouglṓssōi	τοῖν βουγλώσσοιν toîn bouglṓssoin	τοῖς βουγλώσσοις toîs bouglṓssois
Accusative	τὸ βούγλωσσον tò boúglōsson	τὼ βουγλώσσω tṑ bouglṓssō	τᾰ̀ βούγλωσσᾰ tằ boúglōssă
Vocative	βούγλωσσον boúglōsson	βουγλώσσω bouglṓssō	βούγλωσσᾰ boúglōssă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: bugloss

References

• “βούγλωσσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βούγλωσσον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βούγλωσσον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)