Βοιωτία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βοιωτός (Boiōtós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /boi̯.ɔː.tí.aː/ → /βy.oˈti.a/ → /vi.oˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /boi̯.ɔː.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /by.oˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βy.oˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vy.oˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈti.a/

Proper noun

Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ • (Boiōtíā) f (genitive Βοιωτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Boeotia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βοιωτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ hē Boiōtíā
Genitive	τῆς Βοιωτῐ́ᾱς tês Boiōtíās
Dative	τῇ Βοιωτῐ́ᾳ têi Boiōtíāi
Accusative	τὴν Βοιωτῐ́ᾱν tḕn Boiōtíān
Vocative	Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ Boiōtíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Boeotia, Beotia
• French: Béotie
• Greek: Βοιωτία f (Voiotía)
• Italian: Beozia
• Latin: Boeōtia

References

• “Βοιωτία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Βοιωτία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004

Further reading

• Boeotia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Greek

Alternative forms

• Βοιοτία f (Voiotía) (misspelling)

Proper noun

Βοιωτία • (Voiotía) f

1. Boeotia (a nome in Greece and state in the ancient country)

Declension

  Βοιωτία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Βοιωτία •
genitive	Βοιωτίας •
accusative	Βοιωτία •
vocative	Βοιωτία •

Further reading

• Βοιωτία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el