Ancient Greek

Noun

βούβαλος • ‎(boúbalos) m ‎(genitive βουβάλου); second declension

1. A species of antelope, possibly the bubal hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus
2. The buffalo

Inflection

References

• βούβαλος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• «βούβαλος» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «βούβαλος» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• «βούβαλος» in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th-12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Greek

Alternative forms

• βουβάλι n ‎(vouváli, “buffalo”)

Etymology

From Latin būbalus, Ancient Greek βούβαλος ‎(boúbalos, “buffalo”).

Noun

βούβαλος • ‎(voúvalos) m ‎(plural βούβαλοι, feminine βουβάλα)

1. buffalo, male or bull buffalo

Usage notes

May be used with male and female animals.

Declension