βοῦς,
Doric dialect βῶς [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 9.7, “GDI” 5005.5 (from Gortyn), ὁ and ἡ: _genitive_ βοός (written βοιός “GDI” iv p.883 No.62 (from Erythrae))] Refs 3rd c.BC+], poetry also βοῦ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 421, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 280: _accusative_ βοῦν “IG” 12.45 A 11, etc., βῶν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 7.238 ] Refs 8th c.BC+] and Doric dialect, [[ “IG” 4.914.18, +others (Epid.), “SIG” 56.16 (from Argos), 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.64 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+], Ionic dialect and poetry also βόα [[ 6th c.BC: Pherecydes Lerius Historicus 162 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “Anthologia Graeca” 9.255 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus): dual βόε 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 436: _plural_, _nominative_ βόες] Refs 8th c.BC+], rarely contraction βοῦς [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 760, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aemilius Paulus” 33, etc.: _genitive_ βοῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+], contraction βῶν [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 983; Bocot. βουῶν “IG” 7.3171.45: _dative_ βουσί] Refs 8th c.BC+], Epic dialect βόεσσι, βοσί [[ “Anthologia Graeca” 7.622 (1st c.AD: Antiphilus Epigrammaticus)] Refs 1st c.AD+]; Boeotian dialect βούεσσι [[ “IG” 7.3171.38: _accusative_ βόας 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.556, +others, βοῦς 1.154, +others, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 175 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+], and Attic dialect, [[ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 172.5, etc. (but later βόας NT.John.2.14, “POxy.” 729.16 (2nd c.AD), etc.)] NT+4th c.BC+]:—bullock, bull, ox, or cow, in plural cattle, commonly feminine: to mark the male [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] adds a word, β. ἄρσην [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 20.495; or ταῦρος β. 17.389 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; as a measure of value, βοὸς ἄξιον [[ 23.885, compare 7.474 and see at {ἀλφεσίβοιος},{ἑκατόμβοιος}. ] Refs]