βωρεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian br (Bohairic Coptic ⲫⲟⲣⲓ (phori)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bɔː.ré.ɔːs/ → /βoˈre.os/ → /voˈre.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bɔː.ré.ɔːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /boˈre.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βoˈre.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /voˈre.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /voˈre.os/

Noun

βωρεύς • (bōreús) m (genitive βωρέως); third declension

1. flathead mullet (Mugil cephalus)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ βωρεύς; τοῦ βωρέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βωρεύς ho bōreús	τὼ βωρῆ tṑ bōrê	οἱ βωρῆς / βωρεῖς hoi bōrês / bōreîs
Genitive	τοῦ βωρέως toû bōréōs	τοῖν βωρέοιν toîn bōréoin	τῶν βωρέων tôn bōréōn
Dative	τῷ βωρεῖ tôi bōreî	τοῖν βωρέοιν toîn bōréoin	τοῖς βωρεῦσῐ / βωρεῦσῐν toîs bōreûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν βωρέᾱ tòn bōréā	τὼ βωρῆ tṑ bōrê	τοὺς βωρέᾱς toùs bōréās
Vocative	βωρεῦ bōreû	βωρῆ bōrê	βωρῆς / βωρεῖς bōrês / bōreîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βωρίδιον (bōrídion, diminutive)

Further reading

• “βωρεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βωρεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• βωρεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Thompson, D’Arcy Wentworth (1928) “On Egyptian Fish-Names used by Greek Writers”, in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, volume 14, →DOI, page 27