βουκράνιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From of βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “cranium, head”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βουκρᾱ́νῐον • (boukrā́nion) n (genitive βουκρᾱνῐ́ου); second declension

  1. ox-head, bucranium
  2. black bryony (Tamus communis)
    Synonym: ἄμπελος μἐλαινα (ámpelos melaina)
  3. calf's snout (Antirrhinum orontium)
    Synonyms: ἀνάρρινον (anárrhinon), ἀντίρρινον (antírrhinon), κυνοκεφάλιον (kunokephálion), πῐθήκῐον (pithḗkion)
  4. fleawort (Plantago psyllium)
    Synonyms: κρυστᾰ́λλῐον (krustállion), κυνοκέφαλον (kunoképhalon), ψύλλιον (psúllion)
  5. (medicine) machine for reducing dislocations

Inflection

Descendants

  • → Latin: būcrānium

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