Boeotus

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Βοιωτός (Boiōtós), related to βοώτης (boṓtēs, herdsman), derived from βοῦς (boûs, cow, cattle).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Boeōtus m sg (genitive Boeōtī); second declension

  1. Boeotus, one of the two sons of Poseidon and Arne (Melanippe, daughter of Aeolus) and father of Ogyges, primeval mythological ruler of Boeotia, and possibly Attica, in prehistoric Greece
  2. Boeotus, son of Itonus and the nymph Melanippe; another possible eponym of Boeotia