βουπλήξ

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πρὶν τοὺς ἰχθῦς ἑλεῖν σὺ τὴν ἅλμην κυκᾷς → you're mixing the sauce before catching the fish | don't count your chickens before they are hatched | don't count your chickens before they hatch | first catch your hare | first catch your rabbit | first catch your rabbit and then make your stew | first catch your hare, then cook it | first catch your hare, then cook him

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Full diacritics: βουπλήξ Medium diacritics: βουπλήξ Low diacritics: βουπλήξ Capitals: ΒΟΥΠΛΗΞ
Transliteration A: bouplḗx Transliteration B: bouplēx Transliteration C: voupliks Beta Code: bouplh/c

English (LSJ)

ῆγος, ὁ (also ἡ, Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.4, EM371.40),

   A ox-goad, θεινόμεναι βουπλῆγι (gender undetermined) Il. 6.135.    2 axe for felling an ox, AP9.352 (Leon.), Timo4.1, Q.S.1.159.

German (Pape)

[Seite 459] ῆγος, Rinder schlagend; als subst., ἡ, der Stachelstab, zum Antreiben der Rinder, Hom. einmal, Iliad. 6, 135 Διωνύσοιο τιθήνας σεῦε κατ' ἠγάθεον Νυσήιον· αἱ δ' ἅμα πᾶσαι θύσθλα χαμαὶ κατέχευαν, ὑπ' ἀνδροφόνοιο Λυκούργου θεινόμεναι βουπλῆγι, vgl. über den Accent Scholl. Herodian. – Luc. Philop. 4; ὁ, Tim. Phlias. Ath. X, 445 e; sp. D. Nach Einigen = Beil zum Tödten von Rindern, Apoll. Lex. Homer. p. 52, 7 βουπλῆγι πελέκει· οἱ δὲ τῇ μάστιγι, vgl. Scholl. Iliad. 6, 135; so braucht es für »Opferbeil« Leon. Al. 9 (IX, 352); dah. Streitaxt, ἀμφίτυπος, βαθύστομος, Qu. Sm. 1, 158. 337.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βουπλήξ: ῆγος, ὁ, (καὶ ἡ, Ψευδο-Λουκ. Φιλοπάτρ. 4, Ἐτυμ. Μ. 371) κέντρον βοός, βούκεντρον, Λατ. stimulus, θεινόμεναι βουπλῆγι (τὸ γένος ἀόριστον) Ἰλ. Ζ. 135. 2) πέλεκυς πρὸς σφαγὴν βοός, Ἀνθ. Π. 9. 352, Τίμων παρ’ Ἀθην. 445Ε, Κόϊντ. Σμ. 1. 159.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ῆγος (ὁ et ἡ)
aiguillon, bâton ou fouet de bouvier.
Étymologie: βοῦς, πλήσσω.

English (Autenrieth)

ῆγος (πλήσσω): ox-goad, Il. 6.135†.