Βοιωτία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βοιωτός (Boiōtós) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

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 • (Boiōtĭ́ā) f (genitive Βοιωτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Boeotia (a historical region in central Greece)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Βοιωτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ hē Boiōtĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς Βοιωτῐ́ᾱς tês Boiōtĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ Βοιωτῐ́ᾳ tēî Boiōtĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν Βοιωτῐ́ᾱν tḕn Boiōtĭ́ān
Vocative	Βοιωτῐ́ᾱ Boiōtĭ́ā
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
• Portuguese: Beócia
• 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 (2006–2025)
• 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 historical region and modern regional unit of the administrative region of Central Greece, Greece, formerly renowned for the French proverbially equating the residents with philistinism)

Declension

Declension of Βοιωτία

	singular
nominative	Βοιωτία (Voiotía)
genitive	Βοιωτίας (Voiotías)
accusative	Βοιωτία (Voiotía)
vocative	Βοιωτία (Voiotía)

Further reading

• Βοιωτία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el