Βόσπορος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From βοός (boos, “cow”) + πόρος (poros, “passage”), named after Io's travel here after she was turned into an ox by Zeus.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /bósporos/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /bósporos/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /βósporos/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /vósporos/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /vóspoɾos/

Noun

Βόσπορος (genitive Βοσπόρου) m, second declension; (Bosporos)

1. Bosporus

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βόσπορος
Genitive	τοῦ Βοσπόρου
Dative	τῷ Βοσπόρῳ
Accusative	τὸν Βόσπορον
Vocative	Βόσπορε

Derived terms

• Βοσπόρειος
• Βοσπορίτης

Descendants

• Greek: Βόσπορος (Vósporos)
• Latin: Bosporus

References

• Apollodorus 2,7
• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 1004
• H. Liddel - R. Scott