Βόσπορος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical): IPA: [bósporos]
• (Koine): IPA: [bˈo̞spo̞ro̞s]
• (Byzantine): IPA: [βˈosporos]

Noun

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

1. Bosporus

Inflection

    Inflection

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βόσπορος
Genitive	τοῦ Βοσπόρου
Dative	τῷ Βοσπόρῳ
Accusative	τόν 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