bugonia

== English == === Alternative forms === bougonia === Etymology === From Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γονή (gonḗ, “progeny”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bjuːˈɡəʊniə/ === Noun === bugonia (uncountable) An ancient Mediterranean ritual based on the belief that bees were spontaneously generated from a cow’s carcass. === Further reading === bugonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek Βουγονία (Bougonía), from βοῦς (boûs) +‎ γονή (gonḗ). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [buːˈɡɔ.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [buˈɡɔː.ni.a] === Noun === būgonia f (genitive būgoniae); first declension the generating of bees from the putrid carcasses of cattle (recorded as the title of a work by the Ancient Greek philosopher Archelaus) (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcus Terentius Varro to this entry?) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “būgŏnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “būgŏnĭa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 231/1. “Būgonia” on page 244/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)