Βορέας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βορρᾶς (Borrhâs) — Attic, Koine
• Βορέης (Boréēs), Βορῆς (Borês) — Ionic
• Βορίαις (Boríais) — Aeolic

Etymology

Named as the god of the north wind. Perhaps related to Proto-Slavic *gora (“mountain, hill, mountainous elevation covered in forests”) and Proto-Indo-Iranian *gr̥Híš (“mountain”), in which case from Proto-Indo-European *gʷorH-eh₂, from *gʷerH- (“mountain, forest”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bo.ré.aːs/ → /βoˈre.as/ → /voˈre.as/

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

Noun

Βορέᾱς • (Boréās) m (genitive Βορέᾱ); first declension (Old Attic, Doric)

1. the north wind, personified as Boreas
2. the North

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Βορέᾱς; τοῦ Βορέου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βορέᾱς ho Boréās
Genitive	τοῦ Βορέου toû Boréou
Dative	τῷ Βορέᾳ tōî Boréāi
Accusative	τὸν Βορέᾱν tòn Boréān
Vocative	Βορέᾱ Boréā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ Βορέᾱς; τοῦ Βορέᾱ (Doric)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βορέᾱς ho Boréās
Genitive	τοῦ Βορέᾱ toû Boréā
Dative	τῷ Βορέᾳ tōî Boréāi
Accusative	τὸν Βορέᾱν tòn Boréān
Vocative	Βορέᾱ Boréā
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• βόρειος (bóreios)

Descendants

• →? Albanian: veri (“north”)
• Greek: βοριάς m (voriás)
  • → Old Anatolian Turkish: فوریاز (foryāz)
    • ⇒ Old Anatolian Turkish: پوریاز (poryaz)
      • Gagauz: poyraz
      • Ottoman Turkish: پویراز (poyraz), بوریاز (boryaz), بویراز (boyraz), بویراس (boyras)
        • Turkish: poyraz
        • → Armenian: բորյազ (boryaz)
• Greek: Βορέας (Voréas), βορράς m (vorrás)
• → Latin: Boreas
• → Middle Armenian: բօրէաս (bōrēas)
• → Old Armenian: վոռէ (voṙē)
• → Old Georgian: ბორიაჲ (boriay, “northern wind”)
  • Georgian: ბორია (boria, “cold, northern breeze”), ბორიო (borio)
• → Mingrelian: ბორია (boria, “wind”)

Further reading

• “Βορέας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Βορέας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Βορέας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• “Βορέας”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
• Boreas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Greek

Alternative forms

• Βορρέας m (Vorréas)

Proper noun

Βορέας • (Voréas) m

1. (Greek mythology) Boreas, the god of the North Wind

Declension

Declension of Βορέας

	singular
nominative	Βορέας (Voréas)
genitive	Βορέα (Voréa)
accusative	Βορέα (Voréa)
vocative	Βορέα (Voréa)

Related terms

• βόρειος m (vóreios, “north wind”)
• βοριάς m (voriás, “north wind”)

Further reading

• Βορέας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el