βόαξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βόηξ (bóēx) — Ionic
• βῶξ (bôx) — Ionic (later)
• βόωψ (bóōps) — Byzantine

Etymology

Of unclear origin. An old folk etymology derives the word from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ ὤψ (ṓps, “eye”), presumably for the fish's ability to cry.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bó.aːks/ → /ˈβo.aks/ → /ˈvo.aks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bó.aːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.aks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβo.aks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.aks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.aks/

Noun

βόαξ • (bóax) ? (indeclinable)

1. bogue (Boops boops) (small fish)

Declension

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Descendants

• Greek: γόπα (gópa)
• → Latin: bōca
  • → Catalan: boga

Further reading

• “βόαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βόαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βόαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• βόαξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G225 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.