1. βοῶπις · boōpis — Beekes
βοῶπις [adj.] epithet of Hera: ‘with the head of a cow’(?), ‘with the eyes of a cow’ (II.). < GRP eETYM From » βοῦς and » *ay. — [Beekes, s.v. βοῶπις, p. 280]
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βοῶπις
boopis
with the head of a cow
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2. βο-ῶπις · bo-ōpis — LSJ
ox-eyed, having large, full eyes
ox-eyed, i.e. having large, full eyes, βοῶπις πότνια Ἥρη Il. 1.551, al., cf. Eup. 403; of Artemis, B. 10.99; Amphitrite, Id. 16.110; Harmonia, Pi. P. 3.91; of women, Il. 3.144, 7.10, 18.40:—masc. βοώπης Eust. 768.43.
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(ὄψ) = μεγαλόφωνος, Hsch.
In the wild
- βοῶπις · boōpis Theogony 346–361
- βοῶπις · boōpis Iliad 1.551
- βοῶπις · boōpis Iliad 1.568
- βοῶπις · boōpis Iliad 14.159
- βοῶπις · boōpis Iliad 14.222
- βοῶπις · boōpis Iliad 14.263
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βοῶπις (scan p. 280; entry #1252).
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