bullock, bull, ox
βοῦς, Dor.
βῶς
Theoc. 9.7 , GDI 5005.5 (Gortyn),ὁandἡ: gen.βοός(writtenβοιός GDIiv p.883 No. 62 (Erythrae)), poet. also
A.
βοῦ
A. Fr. 421
, S. Fr. 280 : acc. βοῦν
IG 12.45A11
, etc., βῶν
Il. 7.238
and Dor. , IG 4.914.18 , al. (Epid.), SIG 56.16 (Argos), Theoc. 27.64 , Ion. and poet. also βόα
Pherecyd. 162
J.,AP 9.255 ( Phil. ): dual βόε
Hes. Op. 436
: pl., nom.βόες, rarely contr.
βοῦς
Ar. Fr. 760
, Plu. Aem. 33 , etc.: gen.βοῶν, contr.
βῶν
Hes. Th. 983
; Bocot. βουῶν
IG 7.3171.45
: dat.βουσί, Ep.
βόεσσι, βοσί
AP 7.622
( Antiphil. ); Boeot.
βούεσσι
IG 7.3171.38
: acc. βόας
Il. 5.556
, al., βοῦς
1.154
, al., S. Aj. 175 (lyr.), and Att. , Antiph. 172.5 , etc. (but later βόας
Ev.Jo. 2.14
, POxy. 729.16
(ii A. D.), etc.):—bullock, bull, ox, orcow, in pl.cattle, commonly fem.: to mark the male Hom. adds a word, β. ἄρσην
Il. 20.495
; or ταῦρος β.
17.389
; as a measure of value, βοὸς ἄξιον
23.885
, cf. 7.474 and v. ἀλφεσίβοιος, ἑκατόμβοιος .
b. βοῦς ἄγριος buffalo, Arist. HA 499a4 .
c. βοῦς ἐν Συρίᾳ zebu, ib. 606a15 ;β. ἐν Παιονίᾳ, perh.urus, Id. Mir. 842b33 .
d. βοὸς ὄμμα,
= βούφθαλμος , AP 4.1.52 ( Mel. ).
2. metaph. of anydamormother, μία β. Κρηθεῖ τε μάτηρ καὶ Σαλμωνεῖ
Pi. P. 4.142
; ἄπεχε τῆς β. τὸν ταῦρον
A. Ag. 1125
.
II.
= βοείη orβοέη(always fem.),ox-hide shield, νωμῆσαι βῶν
Il. 7.238
; τυκτῇσι βόεσσιν
12.105
;βόας αὔαςib. 137 ; γέρρα λευκῶν β.
X. An. 5.4.12
.
III. afish, perh.Notidanus griseus, Arist. HA 540b17 , Fr. 280 .
2. a fish of the Nile, Str. 17.2.4 .
IV. ἔβδομος β. crescent loaf, Clidem. 16 .
V. seam, Poll. 7.65 .
VI. the constellation Taurus, Max. 162 .
VII.
= μάστιξ , Hsch.
VIII. prov., β. ἐπὶ γλώσσης ἐπιβαίνων
Thgn. 815
; βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ βέβηκε
A. Ag. 36
; of people who keep silence from some weighty reason, τὸν βοῦν ἐπιτίθημι τῇ γλώττῃ
Jul. Or. 7.218a
;βοῦς ἐμβαίνει μέγαςStrattis 67 (wrongly expld. by Zen. 2.70 , etc., of bribery with coins bearing type of ox);β. ἐν πόλει'bull in a china-shop', Diogcnian. 3.67 ;β. ἐν αὐλίῳ, of a useless person, Cratin. 32 ;β. λύρας'pearls before swine', Macho ap. Ath. 8.349c . (βοῦς(fromβωύς, Skt.gaús) acc.βῶν(Skt.gā´m) are old forms: stemβωϝ-βοϝ-, cf. Lat. (Umbr.)bos, etc.)
