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@LINK βοῦς

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1016. βοῦς I. Lat. bos (bov-is), a bullock, bull, ox, or a cow, in pl. oxen or kine, cattle, Hom., etc.
II. = βοείη or βοέη (always fem.), an ox-hide shield, Il.
III. proverb., βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσηι βέβηκε, βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσης ἐπιβαίνει, of people who keep silence from some weighty reason, from the notion of a heavy body keeping down the tongue, Theogn., Aesch.

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1016. βοῦς bou's bous {booce}
probably from the base of 1006; an ox (as grazing), i.e. an animal of that species ("beef"):--ox. see GREEK for 1006

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1016 Beyth-Dagown bayth-daw-gohn'

from 1004 and 1712; house of Dagon; Beth-Dagon, the name of
two places in Palestine:--Beth-dagon.
see HEBREW for 01004
see HEBREW for 01712