bupaes

== Latin == === Alternative forms === būpaeda === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek βούπαις (boúpais), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) +‎ παῖς (paîs, “boy”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbuː.pae̯s] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbuː.pes] === Noun === būpaes m (genitive būpaedos); third declension a boy or youth of massive proportions: one, hyperbolically, as big as an ox (Can we find and add a quotation of Marcus Terentius Varro to this entry?) (Can we find and add a quotation of Martianus Capella to this entry?) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant). === References === “būpaeda”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "BUPÆDES", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “būpæs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 231/3. “būpaes” on page 245/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)