Βοιωτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βοώτης (boṓtēs, “herdsman”), from βοῦς (boûs, “cow, cattle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /boi̯.ɔː.tós/ → /βy.oˈtos/ → /vi.oˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /boi̯.ɔː.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /by.oˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βy.oˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vy.oˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈtos/

Proper noun

Βοιωτός • (Boiōtós) m (genitive Βοιωτοῦ); second declension

1. Boeotus

Noun

Βοιωτός • (Boiōtós) m (genitive Βοιωτοῦ); second declension

1. an inhabitant of Boeotia; a Boeotian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Βοιωτός; τοῦ Βοιωτοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Βοιωτός ho Boiōtós	τὼ Βοιωτώ tṑ Boiōtṓ	οἱ Βοιωτοί hoi Boiōtoí
Genitive	τοῦ Βοιωτοῦ toû Boiōtoû	τοῖν Βοιωτοῖν toîn Boiōtoîn	τῶν Βοιωτῶν tôn Boiōtôn
Dative	τῷ Βοιωτῷ tôi Boiōtôi	τοῖν Βοιωτοῖν toîn Boiōtoîn	τοῖς Βοιωτοῖς toîs Boiōtoîs
Accusative	τὸν Βοιωτόν tòn Boiōtón	τὼ Βοιωτώ tṑ Boiōtṓ	τοὺς Βοιωτούς toùs Boiōtoús
Vocative	Βοιωτέ Boiōté	Βοιωτώ Boiōtṓ	Βοιωτοί Boiōtoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ (Boiōtíā)
• Βοιώτῐος (Boiṓtios)
• Βοιωτῐ́ς (Boiōtís)

Descendants

• Greek: Βοιωτός (Voiotós)
• Latin: Boeōtus

References

• “Βοιωτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Βοιωτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Βοιωτός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004