Βοσπορίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Βόσπορος (Bósporos, “Bosporus”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bos.po.rǐː.tɛːs/ → /βos.poˈri.tis/ → /vos.poˈri.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bos.po.rǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bos.poˈri.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βos.poˈri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vos.poˈri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vos.poˈri.tis/

Noun

Βοσπορῑ́της • (Bosporī́tēs) m (genitive Βοσπορῑ́του); second declension

1. an inhabitant along the Bosporus; a Bosporite

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Βοσπορῑ́της; τοῦ Βοσπορῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Βοσπορῑ́της ho Bosporī́tēs	τὼ Βοσπορῑ́τᾱ tṑ Bosporī́tā	οἱ Βοσπορῖται hoi Bosporîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Βοσπορῑ́του toû Bosporī́tou	τοῖν Βοσπορῑ́ταιν toîn Bosporī́tain	τῶν Βοσπορῑτῶν tôn Bosporītôn
Dative	τῷ Βοσπορῑ́τῃ tôi Bosporī́tēi	τοῖν Βοσπορῑ́ταιν toîn Bosporī́tain	τοῖς Βοσπορῑ́ταις toîs Bosporī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Βοσπορῑ́την tòn Bosporī́tēn	τὼ Βοσπορῑ́τᾱ tṑ Bosporī́tā	τοὺς Βοσπορῑ́τᾱς toùs Bosporī́tās
Vocative	Βοσπορῖτᾰ Bosporîta	Βοσπορῑ́τᾱ Bosporī́tā	Βοσπορῖται Bosporîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βοσπορίτης (Vosporítis)

References

• Βοσπορίτης 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