bucephalus
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
The warhorse of Alexander the Great.
Example Sentences
- "the Bucephalus which he bestrode"
- "It will suffice to say that when I started on my journey into the realms of lexicography, I regarded Kʻang Hsi as a Bucephalus on whose tail — 蠅附龭尾 — a foreign fly might safely get an advantageous lift."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Būcephalus, from Ancient Greek Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας (Bouképhalos, Boukephálas), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”) + -ᾱς (-ās).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Βουκέφαλος, Βουκεφάλας