Boeotia

See also: Bœotia

English

Alternative forms

• Bœotia, Boiotia, Beotia

Etymology

From Latin Boeotia, from Ancient Greek Βοιωτία (Boiōtía).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /biːˈəʊʃə/

Proper noun

Boeotia

1. A district of Ancient Greece, formerly renowned for the proverbial stupidity of its inhabitants; now, a district in east Central Greece, situated on the peninsula, west of Euboea, north of Attica and Megaris, and east of Phokis. The present-day capital of the prefecture is Levadeia.

Derived terms

• Boeotian

Translations

a district in Greece

• Armenian: Բեովտիա (Beovtia)
• Chinese: 波奥提亚
• Danish: Bøotien
• Dutch: Beotië (nl)
• Finnish: Boiotia
• French: Béotie (fr) f
• German: Böotien n
• Greek: Βοιωτία (el) f (Voiotía)

• Latin: Boeotia f
• Polish: Beocja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Beócia (pt) f
• Russian: Бео́тия (ru) (Beótija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: Beòtija f, Beòcija (sh) f

• Spanish: Beocia (es) f

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek Βοιωτία (Boiōtía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /boe̯ˈoː.ti.a/

Proper noun

Boeōtia f (genitive Boeōtiae); first declension

1. Boeotia

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular
nominative	Boeōtia
genitive	Boeōtiae
dative	Boeōtiae
accusative	Boeōtiam
ablative	Boeōtiā
vocative	Boeōtia

Related terms

• Boeōtius
• Boeōtus
• Boeōticus
• Boeōtis

References

• Boeotia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Boeotia” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Boeotia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly