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”).

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 Βορέᾱ (Doric)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Βορέᾱς ho Boréās	τὼ Βορέᾱ tṑ Boréā	τοὶ Βορέαι toì Boréai
Genitive	τοῦ Βορέᾱ toû Boréā	τοῖν Βορέαιν toîn Boréain	τῶν Βορεᾶν tôn Boreân
Dative	τῷ Βορέᾳ tôi Boréāi	τοῖν Βορέαιν toîn Boréain	τοῖς Βορέαις toîs Boréais
Accusative	τὸν Βορέᾱν tòn Boréān	τὼ Βορέᾱ tṑ Boréā	τοὺς Βορέᾱς toùs Boréās
Vocative	Βορέᾱ Boréā	Βορέᾱ Boréā	Βορέαι Boréai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: βορράς (vorrás), Βορίας m (Vorías)
• → Latin: Boreas
• → Mingrelian: ბორია (boria)

References

• “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 (2006–2024)
• “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

Further reading

• Boreas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Greek

Alternative forms

• Βορρέας m (Vorréas)

Proper noun

Βορέας • (Voréas) m

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

Declension

  Βορέας

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Βορέας •
genitive	Βορέα •
accusative	Βορέα •
vocative	Βορέα •

Related terms

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

Further reading

• Βορέας on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el