Βορυσθένης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Scythian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bo.rys.tʰé.nɛːs/ → /βo.rysˈθe.nis/ → /vo.risˈθe.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bo.rys.tʰé.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bo.rysˈtʰe.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βo.rysˈθe.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vo.rysˈθe.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vo.risˈθe.nis/

Proper noun

Βορυσθένης • (Borusthénēs) m (genitive Βορυσθένους); third declension

1. Borysthenes; Dnieper river

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Βορυσθένης; τοῦ Βορυσθένους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βορυσθένης ho Borusthénēs
Genitive	τοῦ Βορυσθένους toû Borusthénous
Dative	τῷ Βορυσθένει tôi Borusthénei
Accusative	τὸν Βορυσθένη tòn Borusthénē
Vocative	Βορύσθενες Borústhenes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βορυσθένης (Vorysthénis)
• → Latin: Borysthenes

Further reading

• “Βορυσθένης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Βορυσθένης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Βορυσθένης 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