Boium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Boion

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βοιόν (Boión).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈboi̯.i̯um/, [ˈbɔi̯ːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbo.jum/, [ˈbɔːjum]

Proper noun

Boium n sg (genitive Boiī or Boī); second declension

1. One of the towns of the tetrapolis of Doris

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Boium
genitive	Boiī Boī1
dative	Boiō
accusative	Boium
ablative	Boiō
vocative	Boium
locative	Boiī

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

References

• “Boium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Boion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.