βοῦττις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βούτη (boútē), βοῦτις (boûtis)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the word is evidently Pre-Greek, because of the alternation -τ-/-ττ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bûːt.tis/ → /ˈβut.tis/ → /ˈvu.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bûːt.tis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbut.tis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβut.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvut.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvu.tis/

Noun

βοῦττῐς • (boûttis) f (genitive βούττῐος); third declension

1. vessel in the shape of the frustum of a cone

Declension

Third declension of ἡ βοῦττῐς; τῆς βούττῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βοῦττῐς hē boûttis	τὼ βούττῐε tṑ boúttie	αἱ βούττῐες hai boútties
Genitive	τῆς βούττῐος tês boúttios	τοῖν βουττῐ́οιν toîn bouttíoin	τῶν βουττῐ́ων tôn bouttíōn
Dative	τῇ βούττῑ têi boúttī	τοῖν βουττῐ́οιν toîn bouttíoin	ταῖς βούττῐσῐ / βούττῐσῐν taîs boúttisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν βοῦττῐν tḕn boûttin	τὼ βούττῐε tṑ boúttie	τᾱ̀ς βούττῑς / βούττῐᾰς tā̀s boúttīs / boúttias
Vocative	βοῦττῐ boûtti	βούττῐε boúttie	βούττῐες boútties
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: buttis
• → Ottoman Turkish: فوچی (fuçi)
  • Turkish: fıçı

Further reading

• “βοῦττις”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• βοῦττις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)