Boethius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Boēthius.

Proper noun

Boethius

1. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–524 C.E.), Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages.

Further reading

• “Boethius”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek βοηθός (boēthós, “helper”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /boˈeː.tʰi.us/, [boˈeːt̪ʰiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /boˈe.ti.us/, [boˈɛːt̪ius]

Proper noun

Boēthius m sg (genitive Boēthiī or Boēthī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, a Roman historian and philosopher from the Early Middle Ages.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Boēthius
genitive	Boēthiī Boēthī1
dative	Boēthiō
accusative	Boēthium
ablative	Boēthiō
vocative	Boēthī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

All borrowed.

• → Catalan: Boeci
• → French: Boèce
• → English: Boethius
• → Greek: Βοήθιος (Voḯthios)
• → Italian: Boezio
• → Portuguese: Boécio
• → Sardinian: Boeziu
• → Spanish: Boecio

References

• “Boethius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Boethius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.