Βηστίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Bēstia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɛːs.tí.aːs/ → /βisˈti.as/ → /visˈti.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɛːs.tí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /be̝sˈti.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βisˈti.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /visˈti.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /visˈti.as/

Proper noun

Βηστῐ́ᾱς • (Bēstĭ́ās) m (genitive Βηστῐ́ᾱ); first declension

1. Bestia

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Βηστῐ́ᾱς; τοῦ Βηστῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Βηστῐ́ᾱς ho Bēstĭ́ās	τὼ Βηστῐ́ᾱ tṑ Bēstĭ́ā	οἱ Βηστῐ́αι hoi Bēstĭ́ai
Genitive	τοῦ Βηστῐ́ου toû Bēstĭ́ou	τοῖν Βηστῐ́αιν toîn Bēstĭ́ain	τῶν Βηστῐῶν tôn Bēstĭôn
Dative	τῷ Βηστῐ́ᾳ tôi Bēstĭ́āi	τοῖν Βηστῐ́αιν toîn Bēstĭ́ain	τοῖς Βηστῐ́αις toîs Bēstĭ́ais
Accusative	τὸν Βηστῐ́ᾱν tòn Bēstĭ́ān	τὼ Βηστῐ́ᾱ tṑ Bēstĭ́ā	τοὺς Βηστῐ́ᾱς toùs Bēstĭ́ās
Vocative	Βηστῐ́ᾱ Bēstĭ́ā	Βηστῐ́ᾱ Bēstĭ́ā	Βηστῐ́αι Bēstĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βηστίας (Vistías)

References

• Βηστίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004