βουκόλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *gʷoukólos, whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀦𐀄𐀒𐀫 (qo-u-ko-ro /gʷowkolos/), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos, from *gʷṓws (“cow”) + *kʷól-os (“herder”), from *kʷel- (“to turn, to cultivate”). This Proto-Indo-European *gʷow-kólos shows the phonological labial dissimilation known as the eponymous boukólos rule. Compare Proto-Celtic *boukolyos.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βουκόλος • (boukólos) m (genitive βουκόλου); second declension

  1. A person who tends cattle: cowherd
  2. A follower of Dionysus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βουκόλος; τοῦ βουκόλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ βουκόλος
ho boukólos		 τὼ βουκόλω
tṑ boukólō		 οἱ βουκόλοι
hoi boukóloi
Genitive τοῦ βουκόλου
toû boukólou		 τοῖν βουκόλοιν
toîn boukóloin		 τῶν βουκόλων
tôn boukólōn
Dative τῷ βουκόλῳ
tôi boukólōi		 τοῖν βουκόλοιν
toîn boukóloin		 τοῖς βουκόλοις
toîs boukólois
Accusative τὸν βουκόλον
tòn boukólon		 τὼ βουκόλω
tṑ boukólō		 τοὺς βουκόλους
toùs boukólous
Vocative βουκόλε
boukóle		 βουκόλω
boukólō		 βουκόλοι
boukóloi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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