Βούπαις

big boy, ox-boy, ox-child

Translated by Jennifer Benedict · 6 Jun 2002 · Vetting: high · 8 revisions

Translation

[Meaning] a youth, adolescent,¹ [or] cowherd.
Also [sc. a term applicable to] bees, because they are born of oxen.²
"May the tomb always be surrounded by ox-children bees and dripping with Hymettian honey."³
"For horses [are] the origin of wasps, but bulls of bees."⁴

Greek original

Βούπαις· ὁ νέος, ἐφῆλιξ, βουκόλος. καὶ αἱ μέλισσαι, ὅτι βοηγενεῖς εἰσιν. αἰεί τοι βούπαισι περιστάσοιτο μελίσσαις τύμβος, Ὑμηττείῳ λειβόμενος μέλιτι. ἵπποι γὰρ σφηκῶν γένεσις, ταῦροι δὲ μελισσῶν.

Betacode

*bou/pais: o( ne/os, e)fh=lic, bouko/los. kai\ ai( me/lissai, o(/ti bohgenei=s ei)sin. ai)ei/ toi bou/paisi perista/soito meli/ssais tu/mbos, *(umhttei/w| leibo/menos me/liti. i(/ppoi ga\r sfhkw=n ge/nesis, tau=roi de\ melissw=n.

Notes (4)

For the bou- prefix cf. (e.g.) beta 454.
1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1206, where the headword occurs. ↩
2No exact equivalent of this gloss in other lexica; the belief, nevertheless, is well-attested, both in the material here quoted and elsewhere. ↩
3Greek Anthology 7.36.3-4 (Erucius), an epitaph for Sophocles; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (252-253); vol. II (286); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 145, alpha 1421, and sigma 569. The region around Mount Hymettos (Hymettus, upsilon 110) in Attica was celebrated for its honey; cf. upsilon 111. ↩
4Nicander, Theriaca 741; cf. iota 577, tau 158.

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References

A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. I, (Cambridge, 1968)
A.S.F. Gow and D.L. Page, eds., The Greek Anthology: The Garland of Philip and Some Contemporary Epigrams, vol. II, (Cambridge, 1968)

Linked from (2)

α145Ἄγανονfirewood, broken; good, gentle α1421Ἅλοιτοmight spring

Neighbours in Adler order

β450Βουνόςhill β451ΒουολοῦσκοιVolsci β452ΒούπαλοςBoupalos β453Βούπαιςbig boy, ox-boy, ox-child β454Βούπειναox-hunger β455Βουπλήξcattle-prod β456ΒουργαώνBourgaôn

Revisions (8)

27 Oct 2022Ronald Allenexpanded n.3, added bibliography, added cross-references
23 Sep 2015David Whiteheadanother note
3 Jun 2012David Whiteheadanother x-ref; more keywords; cosmetics
22 Mar 2007Catharine Rothadded cross-reference
26 Jul 2006David Whiteheadanother keyword
7 Jun 2002David Whiteheadaugmented notes and keywords; cosmetics
6 Jun 2002Jennifer Benedicttranslated

Greek original

Betacode

*bou/pais: o( ne/os, e)fh=lic, bouko/los. kai\ ai( me/lissai, o(/ti bohgenei=s ei)sin. ai)ei/ toi bou/paisi perista/soito meli/ssais tu/mbos, *(umhttei/w| leibo/menos me/liti. i(/ppoi ga\r sfhkw=n ge/nesis, tau=roi de\ melissw=n.

Notes (4)

For the bou- prefix cf. (e.g.) beta 454.

1From the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 1206, where the headword occurs. ↩

2No exact equivalent of this gloss in other lexica; the belief, nevertheless, is well-attested, both in the material here quoted and elsewhere. ↩

3Greek Anthology 7.36.3-4 (Erucius), an epitaph for Sophocles; cf. Gow and Page vol. I (252-253); vol. II (286); and further excerpts from this epigram at alpha 145, alpha 1421, and sigma 569. The region around Mount Hymettos (Hymettus, upsilon 110) in Attica was celebrated for its honey; cf. upsilon 111. ↩

4Nicander, Theriaca 741; cf. iota 577, tau 158.