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βουκεφάλιον

From LSJ

Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection

Porphyry, Sententiae, 25
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Transliteration A: boukephálion Transliteration B: boukephalion Transliteration C: voukefalion Beta Code: boukefa/lion

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], τό, ox-head, used as an ornament, Lys.Fr.34, SIG695.71 (Magn. Mae.); β. χρυσᾶ SIG2588.199 (Delos, ii B. C.).

Spanish (DGE)

-ου, τό
cabeza de toro, bucranio figura utilizada como elemento decorativo (ἡ ἐγγυθήκη) Σατύρων ἔχει πρόσωπα καὶ βουκεφάλια Lys.Fr.32, βουκεφάλια χρυσᾶ ID 442B.199 (II a.C.), cf. IM 100b.23 (II a.C.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 456] τό, Ochsenkopf, Lysias bei Ath. V, 210 a.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βουκεφάλιον: τό, βοὸς κεφαλή, Λυσ. Ἀποσπ. 18.

Greek Monolingual

βουκεφάλιον, το (Α) βουκέφαλος
κόσμημα σε σχήμα κεφαλής βοδιού.