βοῦστον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būstum.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bûːs.ton/ → /ˈβus.ton/ → /ˈvus.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bûːs.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbus.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβus.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvus.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvus.ton/

Noun

βοῦστον • (boûston) n (genitive βούστου); second declension

1. place for burning funeral pyres

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βοῦστον; τοῦ βούστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βοῦστον tò boûston	τὼ βούστω tṑ boústō	τᾰ̀ βοῦστᾰ tà boûsta
Genitive	τοῦ βούστου toû boústou	τοῖν βούστοιν toîn boústoin	τῶν βούστων tôn boústōn
Dative	τῷ βούστῳ tôi boústōi	τοῖν βούστοιν toîn boústoin	τοῖς βούστοις toîs boústois
Accusative	τὸ βοῦστον tò boûston	τὼ βούστω tṑ boústō	τᾰ̀ βοῦστᾰ tà boûsta
Vocative	βοῦστον boûston	βούστω boústō	βοῦστᾰ boûsta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• βοῦστον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)