Boihaemum

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Directly or via Ancient Greek Βουίαιμον (Bouíaimon), rendering Proto-Germanic *baiaz (one of the Boii) + *haimaz (home), designating the area abandoned by the Boii c. 60 BCE and settled by the Germanic Marcomanni shortly thereafter, now German Böhmen.[1] The tribal name, Latin Bo(i)ī, is probably Gaulish *bouios (cattle owner), a relative adjective from Proto-Celtic *bāus (ox, cow), which continues Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (cattle), or less likely *bʰeyh₂- (to strike, hit). Related to Bavaria.

First attested in Velleius (19 BC – c. AD 31).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Boihaemum n sg (genitive Boihaemī); second declension

  1. roughly the present Bohemia (a region of the Czech Republic)

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Boihaemum
Genitive Boihaemī
Dative Boihaemō
Accusative Boihaemum
Ablative Boihaemō
Vocative Boihaemum

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References

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  1. ^ Dietz, Karlheinz (Würzburg). “Boiohaemum.” Brill’s New Pauly, 2012. Reference. 14 March 2012 [1]

Further reading

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  • Boii”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Boihaemum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Boihēmum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.